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From: dleigh@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Darren Leigh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 1084s goes poof. Film at 11.
Summary: grounding 2002s
Message-ID: <2539@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM>
Date: 31 Oct 88 18:56:23 GMT
References: <8097@gryphon.CTS.COM> <10450@cup.portal.com> <2429@antique.UUCP>
Reply-To: dleigh@hplabsz.UUCP (Darren Leigh)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
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In article <2429@antique.UUCP> vax135!cjp (Charles Poirier) writes:

>My 1080 monitor (from Feb 86) "snapped" 5 or 6 times when it was about a
>year old.  But it stopped all by itself.  Kind of strange.

My 2002 used to snap all the time when it was in an improperly
grounded receptacle (two prongs instead of three).  Since it's been
grounded, I have had no problems at all.

I'm using it as a TV right now, in conjunction with a VCR and stereo.
Great picture and sound!

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Darren Leigh
Internet:  dleigh@hplabs.hp.com
UUCP:      hplabs!dleigh