Re: HELP! magnetised screen

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From: Bill McGonigle
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:16

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In article <C1DIy2.FJ9@cs.psu.edu> robinson@sml.cs.psu.edu (Andrew Robinson) writes:
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>I have heard of people using demagnetizers (the sort of thing used to bulk
>erase tapes and disks) to degauss a monitor.  I personally don't know how 
>well that works. 

I did this with a tape head demagnetizer I got from Radio Shack on my Sony
1034 monitor.  It worked fine.  You have to get a feel for it, but once you
do, it's easy.  I haven't had any problems with the monitor since, either.

-Bill
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