[vcf-midatlantic] Monitor repair class test subjects

Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Thu Mar 23 20:39:59 EDT 2017


On Thu, 23 Mar 2017, Ian Primus via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

> I'm getting my material ready for the monitor repair class I'm doing
> on Friday, and Jason I know is bringing a monitor with some faults as
> an example. Looking around, I seem to have fixed most of the broken
> things i had laying around that were obvious. I'll keep looking, but,
> has anyone got a monitor that has a fault that they think would make a
> good demonstration? I *think* Will had one he said he could bring that
> has messed up vertical, I can ask him to bring that along if he has it
> handy. But if anyone else has anything convenient, let me know.
> Preferably monitors that either are self contained terminals, or take
> composite video, to make getting some video on the screen simpler with
> limited amounts of hardware.

    I have an Apple III color monitor with a shorted electrolytic (pretty 
obvious).  I also have a video signal generator you're welcome to borrow, 
an Extron VTG-200:

Rates: VGA-UXGA, Apple/Mac/Quadra, Sun/SGI/NeXT/IBM Power PC, TTL, HDTV 
Signal types: RGBHV, RGBS, RGsB, RsGsBs, NTSC/PAL, composite video 
Connectors: 5 BNC female, 1 BNC female, 1 15-pin HD female, 1 15-pin D 
female, 1 13W3 D female, 1 9-pin D female


Mike Loewen				mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
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