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From: corbin@pinocchio.Encore.COM (Steve Corbin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: NEC Multisync Plus Color Fringing
Keywords: NEC Multisync Plus Color Fringing IBM PC Video Monitor
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Date: 28 Nov 88 16:49:16 GMT
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 In article <674@hgcvax.uucp> network@hgcvax.uucp (craig chaiken) writes:
 >I have had a NEC Multisync Plus monitor on my AT-386 system for approximately
 >6 months.  From day one, I noticed that the image suffered from pincushioning,
 >as well as moderate fuzziness.  Since that time, the image has become
 >increasingly fuzzy, and the colors are horribly fringed at the corners and
 >edges of the screen.  In particular, the monitor's blue gun seems to be
 >firing over two millimeters earlier than the red and green guns, and the red
 >gun is firing one millimeter higher than the blue and green guns.
 >
 >My questions are these:
 >1) Is this problem an irreparable result of age?
 >2) If not, can I fix it by adjusting some internal potentiometers?
 >3) Or does it absolutely require a NEC service technician because of the
 >	need for diagnostic equipment of some kind?
 >
 >Any advice would be greatly appreciated.


I bought a NEC Multisync II last month.  It has the same problems Craig
describes above.  I too would be interesting in how to fix/resolve the
sharpness and color offset problems.

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