Jos Dreesen wrote:
>
> The tread about storage tube terminals reminded me that my Tek4014 is in need of
> repair...
>
> 1) Is it normal that it takes up to 10 minutes to warm up ?
> It takes that long on my machine before the clear button actually clears the
> screen.
>
> 2) and the real problem :
>
> The cursor, existing of a 8x8 dotgrid, often collapses horizontally, i.e. it
> becomes (much) smaller.
> This is, due to the storage tube technology, repeated in all characters you
> then type in.
>
> Any pointers as to where I should start ?
>
> Jos .
That sounds like a power supply and or aging picture tube problem as a
guess.
Check here for posible leads on a tube:
http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/index.html
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Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
Received on Wed Mar 27 2002 - 11:57:04 GMT