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From: bill@meadow.UUCP (Bill Foster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: re: Monitor adjustment question?
Message-ID: <30@meadow.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jun 89 11:09:42 GMT
Organization: FoSTar Atari ST BBS  -    Hayward, CA
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Network: YAN Atari ST Network

> 
> > The characters in the last character position on my SM124 (mono) monitor are
> > starting to be squished (skinny) and are extra bright. Does anyone know what
> > adjustment (if any) can be made to fix this?
> 
> Oh-oh!  My mono monitor (r.i.p.) had this problem for a few months, until it
> finally gave up the ghost.  I wasn't home when it conked, but my wife said it
> made an arc-ing sound and smelled burnt.

My mono monitor has done this off and on for several years.  It only lasts
about a week and then things are back to normal.  From the way things look
the problem may not be with the montior but rather with the video chip.  Try
resocketing it and pressing on the board around it while power is off
(obviously).
   Many people have written about the problem but I have never responded
because it does no harm and will go away after a while.  It has nothing to do
with the accessible adjustments of the monitor.


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