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From: dean@hyper.UUCP (Dean Gahlon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Using non-CBM monitor with C128
Message-ID: <262@hyper.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 14-May-87 14:00:57 EDT
Article-I.D.: hyper.262
Posted: Thu May 14 14:00:57 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 16-May-87 12:07:31 EDT
References: <448@rlgvax.UUCP>
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in article <448@rlgvax.UUCP>, bub@rlgvax.UUCP ( Mongo Mauler) says:
> 	But after a very short while, the
> 	monitor would emit loud static discharge-like noises,
> 	with the screen characters being intermittently 'zapped'
> 	also (almost too fast to see - mostly just visible as
> 	peripheral light flashes).
> 
> 	I have tried another monitor as well, with exactly the
> 	same results: intermittent loud pops and zaps.  Both
> 	monitors however, still work just fine (and silently)
> 	when used with the PC for which they were intended.
> 
> 		Any ideas on the cause of the problem?


	It sounds as though your C-128 may have the same problem my old
one did -- an 80-column chip that is on its way to going bad. My 128 had
the same symptoms, plus after a while the memory for the 80-column
characters started flaking out as well. I finally took it back to Sears
and got a loaner while my original is being repaired (the maintenance
agreement is probably one of the best purchases I ever made).

	You may want to think about having your 128 looked at, although
they probably can't do anything until it flakes out more severely.


					Dean C. Gahlon
					...ihnp4!umn-cs!hyper!dean