Re: Weird problem with WG 19K6100 monitor (LONG)

From: Joe Bachmann <joe.bachmann_at_newmail.net>
Date: Sun Mar 16 2003 - 03:43:48 EST

That problem should probably make it into the FAQ. I've seen this a few
times myself! It dooes look very cool, but a raster type image from a
vector monitor is not something I like to see.

JB

Rodger Boots wrote:

> He didn't do as much as you might think, he had 1600 volts available
> at the screen grid, but the CRT would have loaded that down as long as
> the guns were trying to draw a beam. He was massively defocused so
> there was no damage done other than to give the sparkgaps a workout.
>
>
> Tony Jones wrote:
>
>> > I wonder how much radiation you exposed yourself to there.
>> >
>> You know I hadn't really thought about that, thanks for making me
>> think about it :-(
>>
>> I'm guessing that pumping 10X the voltage into the brightness
>> circuit
>> could probably generate a few extra soft X-Rays .... hmmn.
>>
>> Tony
>>
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