how do you crack (open) a Rainbow mono monitor?

VR201? Remove screw under cover in the centre of the rear panel between plug and pots. Lower adjustment leg to fully out. Screen blue spot? a) Run a hot wire (Styrofoam cutter) between the outer screen and the front of the tube. Or b) (only for CRT familiar persons) Remove the tube completely. Place in something to support it at the face end. Don goggles and gloves. Chip away the outer faceplate bit by bit. Peel off the soft plastic. Polish up the tube front, rebuild the monitor and put spacers at the four corners then replace casing. Does wonders for the brightness as well. Regards ? Rod Smallwood ? -----Original Message----- From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Tony Duell Sent: 31 March 2012 20:05 To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Re: how do you crack (open) a Rainbow mono monitor? While this is probably a quicker way of gettign the casing off, the time taken to put it back on again is much longer than with the 'remove the screw' method. And I think it's the total repair time that's important. -tony