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From: Evangelos Milios
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1986 02:12

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I had an unpleasant experience with two Atari 520 STs 
(the standard monochrome configuration), I received through 
mail order. The first one I got showed a screwy display a few minutes
after I turned it on for the first time. I sent it back the next day 
for exchange. 10 days later I received another one, whose display develops
a slight blurr about 5 minutes after turning it on. About 5 minutes later,
the blurr goes away, and the picture stays normal for the rest of the 
session. The same thing happens with remarkable regularity (plus/minus 
one minute - I timed it) every single time I turn it on after being off 
for several hours. Recycling the power of either the computer or the 
monitor after the first 10 minutes does not spoil the image.

Has anybody seen this problem before? Atari hasn't. 
Any fixes? Please answer fast, I only have a 10-day exchange period.

...Evangelos
-- MIT Digital Signal Processing Group

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