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>From: "Greg Wuller" <gwuller@midget.anim.dreamworks.com>
>Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 13:48:45 -0700
>To: Mike McDonald <mikemac>
>Subject: Re: Neophyte with XL1201: how to get started?
>
>On Aug 26, 11:18am, Mike McDonald wrote:

>> the console is tilting about 10 degrees to the right. This is just
>> enough to be annoying for long lines of text. How do I level it out?
>> (No! Putting a wedge under one edge of the base isn't a solution.) I
>> seem to remember years ago that the tech just twisted the "yoke" on
>> the tube. But I'd prefer not to electricute myself! Anyone have a
>> detailed solution?
>
>Not much good news here, I had (and still have to a lesser extent) a similar
>problem. After talking to Symbolics I found out that the only way to adjust the
>image is by turning the two magnets on the yoke and/or getting some small
>magnets (presumably from a TV repair shop) similar to the ones glued around the
>yoke and tune it by hand. I did (without electricuting myself) manage to glue
>(via a high temp glue gun) a few magnets with some success, but this was a long
>trial and error process.

  I talked to Don Thompson at Symbolics this morning and he walked me
thru the procedure for leveling the image. It's level now and I'm not
electrocuted, so everything's right with the world. (Except my sewer
line still isn't fixed, but that a different story.) I really
appreciate Don walking me thru it.

  Mike McDonald
  mikemac@engr.sgi.com