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- From: cchd@lucifer.latrobe.edu.au (Huw Davies)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: HP Monitor models
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.031126.12376@lugb.latrobe.edu.au>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 03:11:26 GMT
- References: <184253@pyramid.pyramid.com>
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- In article <184253@pyramid.pyramid.com> lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov12.172127.25913@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> ib09@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Thomas) writes:
- >>Just noticed something very weird in an installation booklet for a
- >>HP monitor. It was for the models 1734C and 1734D (probably got the
- >>number wrong here), and stated that "1734C is sold in the northern
- >>hemisphere and 1734D in the southern hemisphere".
- >>
- >>I really can't think of an explanation for that...
- >
- > o The Coriolis force on the electrons is sufficient to distort
- > display?
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- No.
-
- > o The different orientation of the earth's magnetic field is
- > sufficient to distort the display?
-
- Yes.
-
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