16 Feb
1998
16 Feb
'98
5:29 a.m.
All,
This discussion got me thinking (uh oh... Danger, Will
Robinson!)...is there any point to having a screen saver on a machine with
an LCD display? That is, is there any advantage to having the LCD pixels
all black (or black with a distraction running around the screen) as
opposed to steady, showing the last thing you did?
- Mark
16 Feb
16 Feb
5:39 a.m.
This discussion got me thinking (uh oh... Danger,
Will
Robinson!)...is there any point to having a screen saver on a machine with
an LCD display? That is, is there any advantage to having the LCD pixels
all black (or black with a distraction running around the screen) as
opposed to steady, showing the last thing you did?
There really is no point to screen savers in general. The phosphors in
modern CRTs are far more burn proof than those of old. You can still burn
them, but you really have to be very abusive to the tube.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
6:04 a.m.
At 10:29 AM 2/16/98 -0600, you wrote:
All,
This discussion got me thinking (uh oh... Danger, Will
Robinson!)...is there any point to having a screen saver on a machine with
an LCD display? That is, is there any advantage to having the LCD pixels
all black (or black with a distraction running around the screen) as
opposed to steady, showing the last thing you did?
Of course there's a point: It makes the machine look really cool when
you're not actually working on it. :)
- John Higginbotham
- limbo.netpath.net
From "cad at " at gamewood.net Mon Feb 16
11:07:36 1998
From: "cad at " at gamewood.net (Charles A. Davis)
Date: Sun Feb 27 18:32:02 2005
Subject: BBC Model B - video help
References: <01bd3aac$b581a3c0$13f438cb@nostromo>
Message-ID: <199802161713.MAA07875(a)fox.gamewood.net>
Andrew Davie wrote:
No, we're talking rock-steady picture, but garbled
If the cursor is at the bottom 1/2 of the (logical) screen, you NEVER see
what you're typing
If its at the top half, you see about 20x what you're typing.
Its definitely not a TV adjustment problem.
Thanks, though!
Andrew
>Hi Andrew:
>Here is what I would look for and try to adjust --- Horizontal
>frequency.
>This sounds like it is some multiple of the desired (for the monitor)
>rate. That's what's getting the multiple images across the width of the
>screen.
>Also (maybe first, but definitely in conjunction with the above) look
>for 'Vertical' frequency/lock. This one is what is getting you multiple
>images in the vertical direction. Memory says that the adjustment is
>"roll down (image) and just return the adjustment the other direction
>till it locks in place."
>The 'horizontal lock' is a much courser adjustment.
>
>(This is all standard TV/Monitor adjustment stuff. If anyone has any
>specific advice different from this, by all means, give it a try.)
Hi Andrew:
The display 'seeming' to be "rock steady", doesn't prohibit the
sweep
frequencies being wrong by a 'multiple' of what they should be.
Find the adjustments, mark where they are at for now, and try some
adjustments. If it doesn't help, then back to where they were and your
no worse off.
Chuck
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