Re: what color is your periwinkle?

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

In article shack@crash.cts.com (Randy Shackelford) writes...
>
>I've been helping a buddy who is new to IIgs-dom set up a system. He has a ROM
>01 and just added an RGB monitor. I noticed that the desktop is a lot lighter
>shade of blue than mine. I also have the problem of having to turn up the 
>brightness and contrast when the monitor is cold, then turn them down as it 
>warms up. He says he doesn't have to fiddle with the knobs at all. I suspect
>that my monitor has the flyback transformer problem that I've read about here.
>Also my machine is a ROM 3 but I don't figure that this is a factor. The 
>monitor is a March '87 vintage. Can anyone explain the difference in color and
>the need to adjust the monitor all the time? It is in fairly close proximity to
>the 16" trinitron monitor connected to my Quadra, but not close enough to cause
>interference. The 16" gets weird when they are too close.

	With my AppleColor RGB screen, the desktop background color is a
shade of purple-blue. I've noticed other programs are displaying incorrect
colors as well, such as OOTW (first screen with car) the lab walls are a
pale grey color, when in fact they should be a deep blue. Like the monitor
mentioned above, I too have problem where the screen brightness is too dark.
In fact, it NEVER fully warms up enough (even with the brightness and contrast
set at maximum) where I can see all colors or pixels on screen. It also seems
as if everything is filtered through a "yellowish" tint. My whites are not
pure-white, greyscales look baige, etc. My RGB monitor was manufactured
during July 1987, however I'm not sure if the problem is age. The back and
side of monitor were exposed to direct sunlight and the case is discolored.
I believe this may have messed up the circuity inside. Not much I can do,
I don't think any of the internal control settings could fix my problems.
Hopefully, one day soon, I'll find someone selling a working AppleColor RGB
to replace this messed up one. :/ 
	
>Randy Shackelford                                Huh huh, that was cool.
>shack@crash.cts.com

Mitchell Spector
m_spect@pavo.concordia.ca / spector@vax2.concordia.ca