Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!oberon!cit-vax!ucla-cs!maui!prince From: prince@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Larry Prince) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: high res RGB monitor defect? Message-ID: <13841@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Date: 24 Jun 88 15:17:33 GMT References: <1651@water.waterloo.edu> <10076@oberon.USC.EDU> Sender: news@CS.UCLA.EDU Reply-To: prince@maui.UUCP (Larry Prince) Distribution: comp Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 26 In article <10076@oberon.USC.EDU> robiner@ganelon.usc.edu (Steve) writes: (In response to query about horizontal line seen on Mac color monitors) ]All the Mac II RGB monitors I've ever seen have this problem. What the ]hell is it? Anyone from apple out there listening? ] ]I'm not sure if its a coincidence, but the line looks like its just about ]the position where the Plus/SE screen would end if you superimposed it ]on the Mac II. It appears under all conditions, even at the start of ]boot up, so I would guess its a hardware design flaw of some kind. ] ]=Steve= The line you see has nothing to do with Macs, or computers, at all. It is an idiosynchracy of Sony Trinitron CRT's. Check it out for yourself...go to your local Circuit City, Fedco, or other department store/home entertain- ment center and look at the Sony televisions. The line is there. DISCLAIMER: I am not affiliated with any department store, or Sony Corp. (BTW, I like Sony Trinitrons...I've learned to ignore the line.) UCLA Computer Science Department -- Larry 3413 Boelter Hall Los Angeles 90024 (213) 825-2145 Prince UUCP: {ucbvax,sdcrdcf}!ucla-cs!prince ARPAnet: prince@CS.UCLA.EDU