28 Jun
2002
28 Jun
'02
1:43 a.m.
At 03:39 PM 6/26/2002 -0700, Zane H. Healy wrote:
I can't help, but I've seen almost the exact
same problem with the original
Nintendo Gameboy's. I've had two of the originals, and in both cases, I put
them up without batteries, and when I went to use them the next time,
sizeable portions of the screen wouldn't display anything (entire vertical
lines).
I think many LCD devices of classic vintage will see more and
more of this as time goes by. I believe it is due to deterioration
of the thin conductive connections along the edge of the LDC.
I've got it (a horizontal white line) on a circa '88 Sony GV-8
Video Walkman, and Google Groups revealed other people with
the same problem.
A more disturbing problem for me is the fouled-up nature of
a number of years of video tapes I took of my young kids with
a circa 1991 Sony 8mm video camera. It's another common problem
that the surface-mount caps deteriorate, along with tape guides
that come unscrewed and drift. I'd record, even check the most
recent video in the viewfinder, but years later figured out
that it was drifting and not recording with sync that any
other player can handle. I'm patiently waiting for a method
to redigitize or resync these precious tapes.
- John