After years of faithful service (I bought it brand new), my Macintosh Color Display seems to be giving up the ghost.
The tube itself still produces a bright… Well. Image is probably the wrong word. Mess. And it's just about possible to determine that the Mac is doing something in the mess. But the image is pincushioned jumping around wildly. So I was wondering if this is symptomatic of failing capacitors, and whether this is a particular problem with these monitors. But…
…When I tried to get a picture of the problem today, the image was as sharp and clear as when my monitor was brand new, more than thirty years ago. So… Am I going mad? What preventative maintenance do these monitors need?
It should also be noted that I live in an old house in a small farming village, and the mains power isn't necessarily right where it should be. Could that be part of the problem? My normally reliable (and thoroughly recapped) LC475 took a few goes not to sad Mac on that day too - only my (also recapped) LCIII was entirely happy - at least when plugged into a Fujitsu LCD monitor.
The tube itself still produces a bright… Well. Image is probably the wrong word. Mess. And it's just about possible to determine that the Mac is doing something in the mess. But the image is pincushioned jumping around wildly. So I was wondering if this is symptomatic of failing capacitors, and whether this is a particular problem with these monitors. But…
…When I tried to get a picture of the problem today, the image was as sharp and clear as when my monitor was brand new, more than thirty years ago. So… Am I going mad? What preventative maintenance do these monitors need?
It should also be noted that I live in an old house in a small farming village, and the mains power isn't necessarily right where it should be. Could that be part of the problem? My normally reliable (and thoroughly recapped) LC475 took a few goes not to sad Mac on that day too - only my (also recapped) LCIII was entirely happy - at least when plugged into a Fujitsu LCD monitor.
