[comp.sys.mac.hardware] My IIcx has decided to whine and line me

kam@dlogics.UUCP (Kevin Mitchell) (02/02/90)

The faint line you see on the monitor may be one of the
two wires that tension the shadow mask. They cast faint
shadows on the screen. Color TV screens have the same
problem but they are lower resolution and the pictures
keep moving, so you don't notice it.


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kmarko@hpdml93.HP.COM (Kurt Marko) (02/02/90)

/ hpdml93:comp.sys.mac.hardware / whit@milton.acs.washington.edu (John Whitmore) /  9:09 pm  Jan 31, 1990 /

:	The colors appear against a coal-black background, on
: a flat surface, and no Sony product can touch it.  If you want
: to see a really good Mac display, get an interface card that
: can drive a VGA monitor (Lapis makes one, I hear), and connect
: the Zenith FTM screen to it.

Sorry for the drift (from the original question about the infamous
``line'' on Trinitron displays, to this discussion of the Zenith
FTM), but if you are seriously interested in the Zenith, rather than
hacking up a VGA interface for your Mac I would recommend checking
out the ColorPage 15 by E-Machines.  This uses the Zenith FTM display
with a custom graphics card which is slightly larger than the standard
Apple card (something like 750x520???).  I'm not sure about list
prices and such, but if you want a larger desktop than the Apple
color monitor, and don't like the Sony displays this might for you.

Kurt Marko