Re: World-wide 8-bit computer sales (all-time)?

[paul s <nospam@nospam.forme>]

Sam Gillett wrote:

> 
> Peter Thomas wrote ...
> 
>>Leaving *any* kind of magnetic storage on top of a television is never
>>a good thing. I'm not sure why Coleco specified a colour television
>>either. All TVs, to my knowledge, play around with magnetic fields,
>>and can damage magnetic media.
> 
> Nearly all color television sets have an automatic degaussing circuit, the
> purpose of which, is to demagnetize the picture tube (CRT).  If the
> picture
> tube becomes magnetized, it will result in convergence problems.  Black
> and white TV's don't have a degausser as there is no need to worry about
> convergence with a single electron gun.
> 
> BTW, most color monitors have a degausser also.

Or rather all CRT colour monitors have a degausser, LCD ones dont.
-- 
Paul S