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- From: markus@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (Markus Illenseer)
- Subject: Re: Psion Series 3 - Display problems & Cure (perhaps?)
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- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 15:48:43 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan10.005712.2706@dct.ac.uk>, mcramm@dct.ac.uk (McRamm) writes:
- |> I seem to have found a curious effect on my Psion Series 3.
- |>
- |> A few days ago I noticed that some of the pixels on the LCD had turned to
- |> permanently black (result - a phone call to Psion for the address to return it
- |> for repair). I intended to return it for repair/replacement, but only when I
- |> could survive without for more than 2 days (i.e. not in the forseeable future).
-
- Could you elaborate ? Are the picels permanentely black even when the
- Psion is OFF ? (i doubt that of course, but nothing is impossible...)
-
- |>
- |> On Thursday I had to fly to London and, as usual, handed the series 3 to the
- |> security staff at Edinburgh airport. When I arrived in London I noticed that
- |> the pixel problem had been cured (i.e. the pixels seemed to have
- |> "re-polarised"). Is it possible that the magnetic field/X-rays in the airport
- |> X-ray machine had some effect on the display or this merely coincidence?
-
- Hey, this funny :) Never heard of that, next time my Pocket-Calculator
- will stop calculating, and the Laptop will have falsy datas on it's HD ?
-
- Seriously, i never heard of that, guess you had luck ...
-
- |>
- |> (Maybe this should go to alt.folklore.sci as well ?)
- |>
- |> --
- |> Angus M. Marshall, MCRAMM@DCT.AC.UK,amarshal@mcs.dund.ac.uk, (+44 382) 308600
- |> Then I was gone, and in my place - a cat with green eyes.
- |> ) <-- Cheshire Smiley?
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- Please tell us, if u happen to know why this happened to u !
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