Re: GS monitor about to give up ghost

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article pubpc1@library.ucla.edu writes...

>Jim, it was a horizontal line.  That was a couple of days ago,
>now the screen sometimes splits into two, with the bottom half
>a mirror image of the top.  I may just try to find an Amiga
>VGA to 15kHz analog scan rate converter box and dig up a VGA
>monitor for the GS if all else fails.  :(

    Another solution: why not consider purchasing another Apple IIgs 
system locally (one with a working AppleColor RGB) and salvage the 
display that comes with it? That may sound silly just to acquire a
monitor, but then GS's are available these days at almost give-away
prices. I did this about two years ago and ended up with a free RGB
replacement, that is once I re-sold the extras (i.e. CPU, keyboard,
floppy drive) that I didn't need.

    Even if the display is a bit off from age, you can easily fix
things like color, brightness and focus by adjusting internal pots
(that is if your careful). I fixed a couple of AppleColor RGB's and 
even a 14" SVGA display this way. :)

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca