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Article #2872Re: Color monitor problems; got a magnet near it by accident.
From: Joseph Francis
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 16:00
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? ;-) -- | Le Jojo: Fresh 'n' Clean, speaking out to the way you want to live | today; American - All American; doing, a bit so, and even more so.
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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> Organization: IRCAM, Paris (France) Lines: 18