Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.PCS 1/10/84; site hocsl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!hogpc!pegasus!hocsl!dmt From: dmt@hocsl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: TV Surgery Message-ID: <163@hocsl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Sep-84 15:38:21 EDT Article-I.D.: hocsl.163 Posted: Fri Sep 21 15:38:21 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 21:44:24 EDT Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 22 I have created quite a few B&W monitors by surgery on an old TV set. (I have yet to try a color monitor.) The results were mixed. Most worked adequately, though resolution hardly compared to a decent monitor. They were also troubled by: - Some wavering and wobbling, seemingly tied to 60 Hz. - Serious pulling and tearing at boundaries between regular and inverse video lines. (Really anyplace that went from mostly black to mostly white for a dozen or more lines. I have had much better experience getting old monitors and revamping them. There are a surprising number on the market through surplus houses. For instance, I just opened a mail- order surplus catalog with monitors for $23.33, $28.88, $29.88, $39, and $69. Many are good Motorola chassis. The catalog is from BNF Enterprises in Peabody, MA (617-531-5774). I've fixed up a couple from this genre, with excellent results. (Only one of those was from BNF.) Consider this path the next time you want an inexpensive monitor. Dave Tutelman