sysop@tlvx.UUCP (SysOp) (07/23/90)
I have a broken 1080 monitor. It's at a point where it looks like it's not getting fixed, and this post is only after I'm running out of ideas. I'll skip most of the story to save bandwidth, but I'm at the point where 2 coils were damaged, and Commodore doesn't carry those parts. Apparently they're Toshiba parts, and I managed to find a distributor who had the Horiz. Width coil (L403 in the schematic), but didn't have the adjacent coil (H. Lin., L404). (The repair shop used something from another monitor if I understood correctly.) What happens is that the monitor displays the picture fine except that it's (horizontally) too wide. In other words, you can't see the first and last 5 or so characters (col) on a screen, making it fairly useless. Is this caused because the other coil needs to be replaced (in other words, replaced with a proper Toshiba part #23222677)? If so, anyone know who I could call? If not, how much is this thing worth in spare parts? (And, anyone want a 1080 service manual? :-) :-( ) If I can't get this fixed, I guess I'd like to get a multi-sync type of monitor. Has anyone yet put together a list of monitors that work well with the A3000 (in case I want to upgrade one of these days)? -- Gary Wolfe, SYSOP of the Temporal Vortex BBS ..uflorida!unf7!tlvx!sysop, ..unf7!tlvx!sysop@bikini.cis.ufl.edu