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Re: Color monitor problems; got a magnet near it by accident.

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From: Joseph Francis
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 16:00
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In article <92104.115025OBL8956@TREARN.BITNET> OBL8956@TREARN.BITNET writes:
>
>   I did the same to our television once. The resulting colors were very nice,
>but they are permanent. Hopefully noone was at home. I tried to fix the problem
> quickly. I did not know degaussing at that time. So i reversed the magnet
> ( N-S ) an applied at the same point. After a few tries the screen was brand n
>ew !. At least to human eye :-)
>  I agree, this could be pure luck but it worked..

What I always do is get a nice big ALNICO magnet, and wire it on the
end of an old eggbeater. I start cranking the beater, and walk slowly
back from the screen... 

Has this worked for others? ;-)

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!corton!ircam!francis
From: francis@ircam.fr (Joseph Francis)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Color monitor problems; got a magnet near it by accident.
Message-ID: <1992Apr14.160004.417@ircam.fr>
Date: 14 Apr 92 16:00:04 GMT
References: <dac.0334@dacami.UUCP> <12APR199218100276@pierre.mit.edu> <92104.115025OBL8956@TREARN.BITNET>
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