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From: abr@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Adam B Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: a different kind of SE screen quirk
Message-ID: <1660@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Mon, 19-Oct-87 00:00:09 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 19 00:00:09 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 19-Oct-87 03:38:41 EDT
Reply-To: abr@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Adam B Rosen)
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Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
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Summary: noisy screen!

I haven't seen this one mentioned, though it happens on my SE with hard disk
and two of my friends' machines with double floppies.  When scrolling through
a large document, say in Word (any version) or downloading text via modem,
as the print scrolls up the screen the Mac makes a very faint 'pulsing'
noise with each line, vaguely reminiscent of an old teletype banging to the
next line.  It's a combination squeak and hissing sound, which is almost
(but not quite) drowned out by that 'ear splitting' fan so many people have
mentioned.  Any other noise in the room, such as stereos or conversation, will
drown it out, so check for this in quiet locations.

Has anyone else experienced this, or is this problem unique to these 3 Macs?

Adam B. Rosen

"Crutches are a reality for those who can't drug handles"
		-login quote on the media-lab computer last week