APPLEVISION Monitor

From: r. 'bear' stricklin <red_at_bears.org>
Date: Tue Apr 30 17:19:39 2002

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:

> Well, I went out and bought a Performa630CD just about like those that I gave
> away earlier. This one didn't have the printer and monitor with it, but it
> only cost $4 and it shows that this monitor does work, sort-of, but it's a
> mite dim. When I adjust the brightness upward, it goes up for a moment, then
> suddenly there's considerable pincushioning and the vertical dimension goes
> down a mite, say 10%. When I adjust the pincushion, the pincushion goes away
> immediately, though I've not adjusted anything, and the image size goes back
> to what it was, but it's dim again. The brightness control is on the face of
> the monitor, while the pincusion is adjusted in software. It's getting pretty
> highly integrated when the monitor is adjusted by the computer. I've got to
> say, I'm impressed with that little touch.
>

> The Apple folks have had better "human engineering" than anybody else has,
> over the years since the MAC's came out, but this is just about the extreme!

I agree. From a usability standpoint, the 1710AV was light-years
ahead of the rest of the market. Unfortunately, however...

> Any suggestions?

...it had terrible QC problems. It's a tossup which was the less reliable
product: the 1710AV, or the PowerBook 5300. Check out some of the
you-had-to-be-there rants about this monitor in Google Groups
(comp.sys.macintosh.*)

ok
r.
Received on Tue Apr 30 2002 - 17:19:39 BST