Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!think!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!joe From: joe@mathcs.emory.edu (Joe Christy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: MegaPixel Peculiarities Message-ID: <5023@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> Date: 19 Feb 90 01:13:20 GMT References: <8388@shlump.nac.dec.com> <814.25db858a@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Reply-To: joe@emory.mathce.emory.edu (Joe Christy) Organization: Math and Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta GA Lines: 30 In article <814.25db858a@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> rskaelber@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu writes: >In article <8388@shlump.nac.dec.com>, kevin@hiatus.enet.dec.com (Kevin D. Baranski-Walker) writes: >> My MegaPixel display is exhibiting classic 'bowing' tendancies. >> Additionally a slight >> 'dog-ear' trait is evident on the top corners (right is most evident). >> I trust that this is >> not typical of other machines or is it? I admit to being extremely >> sensitive to monitor > >This is typical of other machines. We have several NeXTs here at Miami, >and we found out what caused it. The monitor is actually visibly sensitive >to the earth's magnetic field! I can't remember which orientation gave .... >Just the pesky magnetosphere...... This is not just a NeXT problem. A couple of years ago I got a Sun 3/60 in my office at school. At first boot there was a striking purple blush across one corner of the hitachi monitor. We had the Sun service reps out several times with hairy degaussers, swapped several boards, monitors, &c before our sales rep got the idea to lug the monitor around the office. Amazingly the orientation in the room had a dramatic effect! The cheery ending is that after several weeks the problem went away on its own. Somewhat like the story of how a swiss watchmaker fixes a slow clock .... -- Joe Christy | joe@mathcs.emory.edu | Time flies like an Emory University | {decvax,gatech}!emory!joe | arrow, fruit flies Dept of Math and CS | joe@emory.bitnet | like bananas. Atlanta, GA 30322 | Phone: (404) 727-7956 |