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From: klute%trillian.irb@unido.uucp (Rainer Klute)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: question about monochrome monitor
Message-ID: <1186@laura.UUCP>
Date: 10 Mar 89 08:34:03 GMT
References: <19890@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>
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Reply-To: klute%trillian.irb@unido.UUCP (Rainer Klute)
Organization: University of Dortmund, W-Germany
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In article <19890@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> drc@beach.cis.ufl.edu writes:
>leftmost column on the screen are strangely compressed.  Their height
>is normal but they are noticeably less wide than normal.   After a few
>minutes the effect goes away, and all characters look normal.   Can
>anyone tell me what causes this and/or how to avoid it?   Thanks in
>advance.

I noticed the same effect when my 520ST+ at work got a SH205
harddisk. Whenever I switch on the SH205 before the ST the
effect appears. However, when I switch on the ST before the
harddisk everything looks as it should. So this is what I
am doing:

1. Switch on the ST
2. Wait until the desktop appears
3. Switch on harddisk and floppy
4. Press reset to boot from harddisk

On a ST with built-in floppy this procedure would require a
boot from floppy as you cannot switch it off separatly. Ok, the
whole thing takes a bit longer than a direct harddisk startup
but I couldn't stand that nasty monitor look for hours.

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