Something interesting with Compacts...try this!

[Apostrophe]

Hi,

This is something I've noticed with Compact Macs. You may have noticed this too, but just in case you didn't I thought it would be interesting to post this (maybe this isn't the world's most exciting thing, but it's something to try if you don't know what else to do).

And I've only seen this with Compact Macs, no other type of machine.

1) Preferably at night, enter a room containing an early compact Mac (it may not work with CCs).

2) Turn off the light.

3) Wait a minute or two for your eyes to adjust to the dark--the darker it is, the better, which is why nighttime is preferable.

4) Shield your eyes completely.

5) Turn on the light, still shielding your eyes.

6) Leave the light on for 20-30 secs.

7) Turn off the light and open your eyes.

If this works, when you open your eyes, the screen should be glowing. Not just glowing, but glowing brightly--a bright white, almost as if it were on. That's probably due to the phosphor coating or whatever it is that absorbs the light...but this doesn't happen with my iMac or Macintosh Color Display.

Anyway, just thought that would be interesting for those of you not quite sure what to do.

-Apostrophe

 

[porter]

And I've only seen this with Compact Macs, no other type of machine.

Try it with a monochrome monitor, or black and white TV.

 

[Dog Cow]

I "try this" in my room every night before I go to sleep. The CRT in the Mac Classic picks up a charge from the light bulb and glows for a time after the light has been extinguished.

 

[Scott Baret]

Out of curiosity are you using incandescent or CFL bulbs? I noticed this same phenomenon last night when turning off a CFL that hangs over top of where I've got a Classic.

 

[Dog Cow]

Out of curiosity are you using incandescent or CFL bulbs?

incandescent

 

[Apostrophe]

I find it works better with fluorescent, that's when it glows the brightest. But it does also glow with incandescent as well.

-Apostrophe

 

[~tl]

A camera flash works quite well to charge it up too...

 

[MrMacPlus]

A camera flash works quite well to charge it up too...

You can also turn off all the lights and then draw on the screen with a pen light.