Re: Apple //c

[Stephen Shaw <stephen@apple2.org.za>]

It could have been something as simple as an incorrectly seated video cable

On 10 Jun 2001 17:06:58 -0700, Ralph Glatt wrote:

> mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote in message
> news:<20010610041535.13698.00007451@ng-ch1.aol.com>...
>> Ralph Glatt asked:
>>
>> >I have an Apple //c that has a problem with it's video. The words keep
>> >sliding off to the right, starting at the bottom, and slowly going to
>> >the top. I tried the monitor on a different //c, and it worked, so I
>> >know it's not that. Is there anything I can do, or should I just use
>> >it for parts?
>>
>> Could you be a bit more descriptive about what "sliding off" means?
>> Does it look like a TV with a marginal horizontal hold problem?
>> If so, then you probably have a monitor with a marginal horizontal
>> hold problem.  ;-)  You may need to take it apart to find the hold
>> control, which could be an issue.
>>
>> Do the words "slide right" a bit, and then come back, as words
>> higher up the screen slide, in a long cycle?  That could be a hum
>> problem, caused by a nearby transformer--is the //c "brick" close
>> to the monitor?
>>
>> Or is the "raster" solid, and the dots that make up the letters
>> "slide" to the right.  That would be a _very_ interesting video
>> problem for a //c!
>>
>> Do you have another monitor to try?  Or a TV modulator?
>>
>> Say more about your problem...
>
> Hi, Mike, thanks for answering. I had already stated that I tried the
> monitor on another //c, and it worked fine. By sliding off, I mean it
> looks like it's a horizontal hold problem, but I don't see how it
> could be the monitor. When I hooked it up, I used the same cables and
> power brick as the good //c.
>
> I just tried it again, and now it works fine. Still, I have to wonder
> why it was doing that. I know it was sitting for a long time, because
> I found it in a second hand store, and it looked like it had been in
> somebody's closet for the past 10 years or so.
>
>
>
> Raloph Glatt

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