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From: cleeland@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Chris Cleeland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: My Mac+ screen is shrinking ICONS!
Message-ID: <817@rex.cs.tulane.edu>
Date: 28 May 89 03:47:44 GMT
References: <1391@ndmath.UUCP> <608@biar.UUCP>
Reply-To: cleeland@rex.UUCP (Chris Cleeland)
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In article <608@biar.UUCP> trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead) writes:
>
>       Just on the off chance, are there any magnets near your
>       Mac+?  Magnetic fields can distort the image because they
>       deflect the electron beams.
>
>       Try moving your Mac a foot or so in several directions and
>       see if the problem goes away or moves.
>
Funny that you mention this.  I have a (somewhat) amusing anecdote about
that:

During my later high school and early college days, I worked for the
Veterans Administration (VA) hospital in a nameless city.  Within the
Pharmacy service there, they were just starting to automate (you know the
government), and their users were, shall we say, "computer illiterates" ;-}

Among programming and training, I was also head honcho in charge of "trouble
calls" -- those things which strike fear into the heart of every person who
deals with non-computer types.  One day I received a call from the Pharmacy
saying that one of their terminals was broken.  So, I loaded up the hand-
truck with a brand-new terminal, and was on my way to Pharmacy.

After a few nimble twists of a screwdriver, the new terminal was in place
and working like a charm.  It seemed that their old terminal had taken to
displaying only the right side of the screen.  I told them that we would
have it fixed.

After lunch, I received a message to call Pharmacy.  I was told that this
terminal had started to do the same thing.  I told them that I had something
to deliver, but that I would stop by to see what could be done.

On my way from where I had to go to the Pharmacy, I passed my the NMR
(Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) Lab to get to the elevator.  It just so happened
to be RIGHT OVER THE PHARMACY!  I ducked in to see where their machines were
located, and, sure enough, it was along the same wall that the terminal was
located.  The so-called "problem" with the terminal had to do with a very
*LARGE* magnetic field right above it.

Boy, the government never ceases to amaze me!

Someone else (?) best explained it:
	You see, there's this hierarchical structure known as the VA...

Enjoy!
-- 
Thanks
Chris Cleeland, Tulane University

Disclaimer:  I haven't said anything worth not claiming!!!