Explain the NeXTStation "dim monitor" problem, etc...

From: Douglas H. Quebbeman <dquebbeman_at_acm.org>
Date: Tue Apr 16 14:58:08 2002

> > > First off -- can somebody explain the common problem with the
> >> monitors going dim? Can I fix it? (How?) Is there an internal
> >> "intensity" pot that I can adjust to get more life out of the
> >> monitor? It is just bright enough not to strain your eyes at
> >> the highest brightness setting right now... (It's B&W)
> >
> >I have always assumed that the electrons just kick the sh*t
> >out of the phosphor, and the the phosphor just dies... but I
> >hope that's wrong, and that something can indeed be adjusted
> >or replaced (other than the daggone tube itself).
>
> The above basically sums it up. Those early B/W NeXT mono
> monitors have very short lifespans. Couple that with not being able
> to turn off the monitor seperately from the computer and you
> can then see why most of them are pretty dim. This comes up on
> Usenet quite a bit still. Once they're dim, they're dim.

Don't got no Next stuff, but I figured whatever was true of
them would be true of my Apollo (&HP) monitors...

-dq


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