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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Software controlled screen brightne
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Date: 6 Nov 90 05:11:00 GMT
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Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Nov  5 23:11:00 1990


/* 2:00 pm 11/5/90 by dwade@jarthur.Claremont.EDU comp.sys.mac.hardware */
>        That's not uncommon on any monitor.  I know that if I turn the knobs
> on my standard Apple monitor (The RGB 13") all the way down, I can still read
> text just fine...

Ahhhh, you must have a misadjusted monitor.  If you open the special
service port on an applecolor monitor, you can readjust the brightness
and contrast so that "dim" is really "dim", i.e. unreadable.  Don't
crank up the brightness or you may burn out your screen.  Mine went
POP!, then blank for half an hour, and I was almost in tears -- but it
came back.  So be careful!  You need a microscopic pen-screwdriver to
do it.  In other words, do this at your own risk (I did it to get more
performance out of MaxApplZoom).