Re: messed up colors on Apple Color Composite Monitor?

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Matthew Carpenter wrote:

>   A while ago I received an AppleColorComposite monitor from someone. 
>They said it was working when they tested it before packing it.
>
>   When I got it I hooked it up to my VCR because I wanted to see how it
>worked.  Everyone looked purple... Reds and Blues showed up nicely but
>green did not.  I pushed what I think is a Monochrome button and it when
>purple and black.  
>
>   Does anyone here know what it might take to fix this problem?

You have correctly diagnosed the problem--the green channel isn't working.
This could be a loose connection or other cable problem--if you're lucky.  ;-)
It could also be inside the monitor, on the small board plugged onto the
neck of the CRT.

Matthew later noted:

> Huh?  What happened to all the carage returns?  it turned it all into one
> big paragraph....

As you can see, your posting came out fine here...

-michael

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