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From: derek@hsi.UUCP (Derek Lee-Wo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Monitor Troubles
Keywords: SM124, warm-up troubles, screen shakiness
Message-ID: <211@hsi86.hsi.UUCP>
Date: 6 Dec 88 13:45:50 GMT
References: <257@laas.laas.fr>
Organization: Health Systems Intl., New Haven, CT
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In article <257@laas.laas.fr>, ralph@laas.laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) writes:
> Just the other day my monochrome SM124 monitor on my 1040 ST started
> waking up flakily!  Upon turning on my system the monitor would
> present a shaky screen during boot which would last a few minutes and
> then go away.  The shakiness was most visible around the edges.  Is
> some part giving signs that it's wearing out?  My monitor is not
> anymore under guarantee so any information that I could look at (I'm
> not a specialist, but my friends ...) would be appreciated.
> 


I had the very same problem with my Commodore monitor for my C=64. I never
did figure out why it did it. I would just let my monitor 'warm-up' for about
five minutes, after which it would work perfectly.


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