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Re: Monitor problems
- Subject: Re: Monitor problems
- From: Stephen Shaw <bottrawler@junkbuster.zzn.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 18:20:07 +0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 09 Jul 2002 09:20:24 GMT, Frank Townsend wrote:
> I've had a setback in my Apple II and other computer endeavors: my
> venerable NEC 6FGP monitor is on the fritz. The way this relates to Apple
> II is that this monitor has both D-sub and BNC connectors and a switch so
> that I can use it with my PC and Mac LCIII/Apple IIe card set up.
>
> The screen image is squashed in the vertical dimension to about 25% of the
> usual screen size.
Normally capacitors in the horizontal drive circuitry - a chip marked either
TDAxxxx or LAxxxx. Replace any cap 470uF or less connected to any pin on the
horizontal output chip.
>
> Repair costs are fairly prohibitive since NEC charges ~$360 flat rate not
> including shipping, and most local places won't look at them.
>
> Does this sound like anything I might fix myself? I am fairly adept with
> soldering, checking components etc. and can deal with discharging the high
> CRT voltages before beginning work.
>
> Help would be appreciated!
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