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Article #44969Mac Plus display weirdness
From: D Andrew Reynhout
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1989 00:19
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1989 00:19
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I know it's been discussed to death before...
My Mac Plus screen has just developed a few idiosyncracies... First, the
top of the menu bar is physically bent, rather like:
______________________
_____________________-------- |
| |
...etc. Apologies to those using kerning fonts.
And, the letters will actually appear to quiver.
Back when I first got the toy, some three years ago, there were reports
of this happening all over. I somehow envisioned the entire screen shimmering-
that is, in a nice steady sinusoidal pattern with a large period, not
single-pixel lines being displaced by half a pixel width, like I'm getting.
Anyway, with an attitude of "It's not happening to me now, so it probably
never will," I dismissed the advice and ignored the thread.
Well, now it's happening to me... I recall something about flaky power
supplies being blamed. Anyone know if that would be the culprit? Any suggest-
ions on a remedy? (Purchasing a IIci does not viably constitute a remedy to
me...:-)) I'd like to avoid my local Apple dealers, as they are thieves. I
have no fear of soldering irons, replacing components, et cetera.
Thanks in advance...
Andrew
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Andrew Reynhout (Internet: reynhout@wpi.wpi.edu)
(Bitnet: reynhout@wpi.bitnet)
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heaven. Come touch me here, so I know that I am not there." -Sonic Youth
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!think!husc6!m2c!wpi!reynhout From: reynhout@wpi.wpi.edu (D Andrew Reynhout) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Mac Plus display weirdness Summary: I know it's been discussed before... Message-ID: <6438@wpi.wpi.edu> Date: 31 Dec 89 00:19:51 GMT Reply-To: reynhout@wpi.wpi.edu (H Celine) Organization: Legion of Dynamic Discord Lines: 32