mraroid
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Folks...
I converted my Color Classic to 640 X 480, and installed a board who's CPU I replaced with a full 68040, I have a SCSI2CF for a hard drive, and I can boot to 7.6.2 or to 8.1 It boots kind of slow because I have a 128 MB SIM in it, but I am OK with that. I have a network card installed and I can surf the internet as long as I go to web sites made for older computers like mine. The Color Classic has been working perfect since I made the mod about 3 or 4 years ago.
But in the last 6 months or so, I saw a shadow on the left hand side of my screen and also on the right hand side. I have enclosed a photo (very poor, sorry) with a circle around the two shadows. Many years ago I bought a NOS Sony replacement CRT. But I did not want to switch over. I am not sure how to line up the yoke and the screen. I took a gamble and bought a degaussing coil on ebay.
It just arrived and I used it. Now my screen looks perfect!! I have booted to 8.1 as well as 7.6.2. I love that Sony CRT. It was a high end screen in it's time, and I would never swap it out for a flat screen. I love the look of a CRT.
The degaussing coil cost me around $40.00, but it was money well spent. You can buy a very cheap degaussing coil if you want to, but I wanted one like I remember from my youth.
Now my Color Classic screen looks perfect. I am so happy. And I did not have to take anything apart to fix it.
mraroid
I converted my Color Classic to 640 X 480, and installed a board who's CPU I replaced with a full 68040, I have a SCSI2CF for a hard drive, and I can boot to 7.6.2 or to 8.1 It boots kind of slow because I have a 128 MB SIM in it, but I am OK with that. I have a network card installed and I can surf the internet as long as I go to web sites made for older computers like mine. The Color Classic has been working perfect since I made the mod about 3 or 4 years ago.
But in the last 6 months or so, I saw a shadow on the left hand side of my screen and also on the right hand side. I have enclosed a photo (very poor, sorry) with a circle around the two shadows. Many years ago I bought a NOS Sony replacement CRT. But I did not want to switch over. I am not sure how to line up the yoke and the screen. I took a gamble and bought a degaussing coil on ebay.
It just arrived and I used it. Now my screen looks perfect!! I have booted to 8.1 as well as 7.6.2. I love that Sony CRT. It was a high end screen in it's time, and I would never swap it out for a flat screen. I love the look of a CRT.
The degaussing coil cost me around $40.00, but it was money well spent. You can buy a very cheap degaussing coil if you want to, but I wanted one like I remember from my youth.
Now my Color Classic screen looks perfect. I am so happy. And I did not have to take anything apart to fix it.
mraroid