Re: Opening AppleColor RGB, need safety tips!

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

In article shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford) writes...
> 
>I cured all kinds of problems with my monitor such as wrong colors and having
>to fiddle with brightness/contrast constantly by adjusting the focus pot inside
>the monitor. I'd try that then worry about other stuff.        ^^^^^

	The internal Focus is meant to solve color bleeding, blurring or 
distorted picture images, I've been told not to adjust this setting unless
I have those specific problems. OTOH, adjusting the "Screen" setting can do
wonders as I've just recently discovered. :) Perhaps that's what you meant?
I also had to play with the Red, Green and Blue pots.

	Well, I think I've finally corrected the tint/brightness problem
with this screen. Only thing is I'm not 100% sure I got the color 
intensity of each color right, a dark-blue background with white forground 
in 80 columns text seems a bit uneasy on the eyes. I also noticed blues and
reds displayed on my television set (composite NTSC output) show up a deeper
color. If colors displayed in NTSC/composite should match up with my RGB
monitor, then I'll have to do some more tweaking. I know a composite display
is going to differ from RGB, but I wonder if something like a basic dark
red in say Double-Hi-Res should or should not match up? (RGB and composite 
compared side by side). Anyone know for sure?

>I used a metal screwdriver last time, the knobs are plastic. You could go low
>budget/low tech and use the pointy pocket clip thing of a Bic pen cap, like I
>used to adjust voltage and some other knobs inside my Mac 128 recently.
>I wasn't about to stick something metal in the metal screws on it.

	I found a "TV alignment tool kit" from Radio Shack worked nicely.
It's specially designed for adjusting pots inside a television set or PC
monitor. Not much more than a small plastic stick about the size of a pen,
but it works. :) 

>Randy Shackelford                                 I was internet
>shack@southwind.net                               when internet wasn't cool

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