giobbi
Veteran Member
Hi all,
I'm trying to fix some annoying issues on this old monitor (5151002) I got from a friend. It was extensively used in a production line, so it shows the DOS program screen even when it's off (quite common for that kind of use: it was left with the same program page many hours every day, for many years...)
maybe the issues are due to the many hours of use, I'm not sure:
1) The worst issue: it has an annoying fade effect while refreshing the screen: if you send a "clear screen" command (or if you simply scroll the image) it took a while (a second or more) before the old image disappears. Is it a CRT issue, or something concerning the CRT controller board?
2) I can't zoom the screen to fit the CRT size; it's like to have a 9" screen (or less) in a 12" CRT... I tried to play with the pots inside the cover, and the image improved a little bit (bigger); but there's no way to fit the CRT size.
3) Of course the old program screenshot "carved" in the CRT is quite annoying; is there any way to recover that? I guess there's no chance to fix it, but maybe there's some program/technique/... that can help a little...
cheers,
Giovi
I'm trying to fix some annoying issues on this old monitor (5151002) I got from a friend. It was extensively used in a production line, so it shows the DOS program screen even when it's off (quite common for that kind of use: it was left with the same program page many hours every day, for many years...)
maybe the issues are due to the many hours of use, I'm not sure:
1) The worst issue: it has an annoying fade effect while refreshing the screen: if you send a "clear screen" command (or if you simply scroll the image) it took a while (a second or more) before the old image disappears. Is it a CRT issue, or something concerning the CRT controller board?
2) I can't zoom the screen to fit the CRT size; it's like to have a 9" screen (or less) in a 12" CRT... I tried to play with the pots inside the cover, and the image improved a little bit (bigger); but there's no way to fit the CRT size.
3) Of course the old program screenshot "carved" in the CRT is quite annoying; is there any way to recover that? I guess there's no chance to fix it, but maybe there's some program/technique/... that can help a little...
cheers,
Giovi