riddle@mathcs.emory.edu (Larry Riddle) (07/12/89)
I have the following situation with my Mac SE:
When I hilite several lines of text, say in a Hypercard script or in
VersaTerm, the right side of the bounding window, as well as the
vertical scroll bar, start to bow out so that the side is no longer
straight. If I scroll with the lines still hilited, the bend follows
the path of the hilited line. As soon as I unlite the lines, the side
of the window and the scroll bar become perfectly straight again.
I have not tried this experiment with lots of different program, but I
have observed it in both Hypercard and VersaTerm. When no lines are
selected, or the entire screen is selected, the screen is rock steady
and all bounding sides are straight. It is only when I hilite part of
the screen that the bowing out occurs.
Any suggestions on why this is happening? Is it something to worry
about?
I have a two floppy SE, purchased in Sept. 88, with 2.5 meg, attached
to an external 60 meg CMS drive.
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I have noticed the same thing on my Plus occasionally. It doesn't have anything to do with the particular program you're running. Programs couldn't control that if they wanted to. The problem is in the monitor. I can't explain the physics behind this particular disorder, and I'm not sure if there is a simple adjustment to fix it, but it probably won't have any other consequences. I know that inside the Mac, there are a couple of pots to adjust monitor focus and brightness. Perhaps lowering the brightness a tad (even with the outside control) would help as it would reduce the contrast between the black and the white. I have a suspicion that high contrast might be contributing to the problem. --marc -=- "Master, why is the letter 'i' the symbol for current?" "Because there is no letter 'i' in the word 'current'." "Master, why do we use the letter 'j' for sqrt(-1)?" "Because we use the letter 'i' for current." Whereupon the Master struck the Disciple, and the Disciple became enlightened.