Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!shelby!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!gacvx2.gac.edu!scott From: scott@erick.gac.edu (Scott Hess) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Monitor Adjestment Message-ID: Date: 13 Feb 91 23:58:57 GMT References: <3448@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> <1991Feb13.080815.19892@evax.arl.utexas.edu> Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College Lines: 26 Nntp-Posting-Host: erick.gac.edu In-reply-to: finger@evax.arl.utexas.edu's message of 13 Feb 91 08:08:15 GMTLines: 26 In article <1991Feb13.080815.19892@evax.arl.utexas.edu> finger@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Jay Finger) writes: There is too a source of magnetism: you've got a planet with a fairly decent sized magnetic field sitting underneath it. This ain't a joke. You'll get different distortions depending on where the monitor is sitting and what direction it's pointing. Try rotating the monitor 180 degrees. That's good enough to make a visible difference in most locations. The people who adjusted it may have done a perfect job, but unless they did it in your office/betroom/whatever, it doesn't matter much. Presumably, you could remember the orientation wherever you're planning to put the monitor, and make sure it's in the same orientation at the "shop". After all, you're presumably taking it into someplace within an hour or two of your place of work or home - hopefully the earth's magnetic field isn't going to change _that_ much. Of course, various fields in the "shop" (which might be a computer lab or something) are also going to skew what you get when you take it home. Later, -- scott hess scott@gac.edu Independent NeXT Developer GAC Undergrad "Tried anarchy, once. Found it had too many constraints . . ." "Buy `Sweat 'n wit '2 Live Crew'`, a new weight loss program by Richard Simmons . . ."