[rescue] Free: Next slab & monitor/local pu 94538

Ian King IanK at vulcan.com
Wed Feb 6 01:04:15 CST 2013


On 2/5/13 12:22 AM, "Ethan O'Toole" <ethan at 757tech.net> wrote:

>> Boots from an external scsi drive, with next step 3.2 ( probably. ) I
>>think it
>> has 24 MB. The monitor is starting to dim but is still quite usable.
>> Pickup only in Fremont, CA
>
>Heya.
>
>I do a bunch of repair stuff with arcade machines. In the CRT world there
>is a tool called a CRT rejuvinator. It burns crust off of the guns or
>something, and makes old monitors look new again. Obviously not to spec
>but they really work.
>
>I have no idea if this would fix all the dimming B&W NeXT monitors... but
>it's a possibility.
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Ethan,

Where might one acquire such a gadget?  Not only does my NeXT monitor need
it, but it's a common problem we have at the Living Computer Museum
(although it competes with screen burn-in as our biggest headache with
terminals).  Thanks -- Ian


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