26 Jul
2013
26 Jul
'13
1:17 p.m.
I have just pulled a heap of old Apple PowerBooks and
Newtons out of
storage, and have discovered that quite a few of the LCDs that were perfect
last time I looked at them (some probably not for seven years ago now) have
deteriorated to the point that they are no longer usable. Problems vary
from big black splotches on mono screens, to colour screens with almost the
entire display from the centre out showing only the backlight.
What are the causes for these kind of problems? Heat? Humidity?
Same happened here to lots of portables I have: Powerbook 130, some
Omnibooks from HP, lots of HP200LX LCDs... :'(