CRT decay

From: Stephen Dauphin <ai705_at_osfn.org>
Date: Mon Nov 2 14:14:16 1998

On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, William Donzelli wrote:

> > Yes, "getter" is the word.
>
> Spefically, the getter is the wierd looking bit of metal that is near the
> silverly coating on the tube, whose job is to get the residual and trapped
> gas during manufacture. The keeper is the actual silvery coating, whose
> job is to keep the oxygen in a state so it can not get rereleased.
>

Is this related to what I am about to ask? Could somebody do a short
summary of why Fimi(?) greyscale megapixel NeXT monitors fade after
20,000 or so hours of use and indicate whether there are any other
monitors (perhaps some classic) that show similar problems?


                                       -- Stephen Dauphin
Received on Mon Nov 02 1998 - 14:14:16 GMT