jalbert@grads.cs.ubc.ca (Francois Jalbert) (10/04/89)
Hi there. I just bought at a surplus sale a Sperry 3585-00 RGB Color Display.
It works fine with my old 4.77 MHz IBM-PC and its Color Display Adapter.
However, the high intensity colors come out as the low intensity ones. That is,
there is a total of only 8 colors available in text mode, instead of the
usual 16. I opened the display and checked for any obvious burned parts and
broken intensity signal wire. All is fine. I also noticed there is only a
brightness knob on the monitor, no contrast knob anywhere. A look inside
where the contrast knob should have been reveals lots of parts missing in
that area. Does anybody have such a monitor? Is it possible it is actually
a cheap stripped down version of a standard monitor? The display still
satisfies me as is, but I am just curious. I might invest a little bit more
time on it if I had confirmation something is wrong with it. Thanks a lot
Francois Jalbert
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jalbert@cs.ubc.ca