Rejuvenating VT320 monitors?

From: Peter Pachla <peter.pachla_at_wintermute.org.uk>
Date: Tue Feb 22 08:27:38 2000

Hi Tony,

> In my experience, VT3xx terminals are known for eating flyback
> transformers....

Good oh, that fills me with confidence - I just picked up another VT3xx (a
340) along with another MicroVAX II at the weekend.

BTW I have a VT330 (or possibly a 320) which won't power up properly. When I
power it up I hear a click from the sounder in the keyboard and the PSU
shuts down, the it tried to power up again, clicks, powers down, etc etc....

Have you ever come across such a problem before?


> I'd start by cleaning the screen. Yes, you can laugh, but it caught
>me once, on a VT100....

Ditto, same thing caught me out a couple of times in the past. It's ALWAYS
worth giving the screen a clean in these circumstances.


  TTFN - Pete.

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