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Re: Wave-like scan line prob on TV

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From: Martin Brown
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 04:12
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In article <7480095@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Myers) writes:
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>> (Hmmm... that's my best ASCII art in ages).
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>> This usually means the big capacitor in the powersupply is broken.
>
>
>Maybe.  My first question would be: Is the display operating near any 
>other electrical device running at or near the line frequency?  (Such as
>an electric motor, a disc drive, or - most commonly! - another CRT?)
>
Yeah, and don't forget the magnet of the stereo speaker you put next crt
for that bitchin' sound.
>
>
>Bob Myers  KC0EW   Hewlett-Packard Co.      |Opinions expressed here are not
>                   User Interface Tech. Div.|those of my employer or any other
>myers@fc.hp.com    Fort Collins, Colorado   |sentient life-form on this planet.


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From: mjb@netcom.com (Martin Brown)
Subject: Re: Wave-like scan line prob on TV
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Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 04:12:45 GMT
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