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Article #2541

Re: crummy Atari monitors.

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From: Richard Andrews
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1986 04:47
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In article <633@ssc-bee.UUCP> eve@ssc-bee.UUCP (Michael Eve) writes:
>> Well, folks, I just picked up a brand-new SC1224 color monitor, to supplement
>> ...  The new, Goldstar-supplied monitor is, to put it quite
>> bluntly, the pits.  The video quality is a disaster.  
>> ...It looks even worse than an Amiga in
>> 80-column mode, if such a thing is possible.
>> 
>
I would suggest that you get your monitor or console repaired.  I have one
of the new monitors and they don't look bad.  It looks a lot better than
IBM's monitors.  From the symptoms that you describe, it sure sounds like
the monitor or the console blanking is either missing or weak.


					Rich Andrews
					...ihnp4!chinet!cabbie
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From: cabbie@chinet.UUCP (Richard Andrews)
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Subject: Re: crummy Atari monitors.
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Date: Fri, 24-Oct-86 23:47:06 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 24 23:47:06 1986
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