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- Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!utgpu!gbcusg
- From: gbcusg@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (I. Barnett)
- Subject: Re: SM 124 Size adjustment
- Message-ID: <C1C6Jx.Kow@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
- Organization: UTCS Public Access
- References: <1993Jan21.053324.18188@trl.oz.au> <2914@targon.UUCP>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 02:21:33 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- In article <2914@targon.UUCP> marc@targon.UUCP (Marc Dierikx) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan21.053324.18188@trl.oz.au> tpearson@titan.trl.OZ.AU (Trevor Pearson) writes:
- >>I know it is possible to increase the miserable size of the active
- >>display on SM 124 monitors. Does anybody know the trick? I have tried
- >>the internal horizontal and vertical size adjustments, and while there
- >>is no problem with vertical size, I cannot get the horizontal size more
- >>than about 2/3 of the screen using the inductor slug. Does anybody know
- >>why the active display area is set so small at the factory? Were they
- >>just trying to be as bad as the MAC?
- >>Thanks for any help.
- >
- >Better be careful in adjusting the horizontal size. Increasing
- >the horizontal size requires increasing the ~14kV voltage. Your
- >monitor may not like that.
- >
- >------------ EARTH
- >Marc Dierikx smog | bricks
- >marc@targon.UUCP AIR -- mud -- FIRE
- >dierikx.via@sni.de soda water | tequila
- >dierikx.via@sni-usa.com WATER
-
- I got the size of the visible area on my SM124 up to the edges of the screen
- almost. I got directions from an old ST Report (ZNet?), Ican't remember.
- Anyway, there are vertical and horizontal controls inside the case that
- can be turned with a screwdriver (be careful, HIGH voltage).
-
- Darren King, GBC --> gbcusg@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca
-
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