Re: Apple //c

[mairsil@my-deja.com (Ralph Glatt)]

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