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Re: Electrostatic deflection?


From: Rodger Boots ( )
Date: Fri Oct 22 1999 - 15:23:51 CDT


VERY heavy duty phosphor.

"Christopher X. Candreva" wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Frank Palazzolo wrote:
>
> > I was thinking about the yoke issue, and am wondering if it's
> > feasable to modify a vector (or raster) monitor to do electrostatic
> > deflection. I think this is what oscilloscopes do.
>
> Not that I know the answer, but this does remind me.
>
> While my scope was warming up the other day, and the dot finally appeared in
> the center, I started wondering -- how come a scope doesn't need a
> spot-killer -- why isn't burning out the center dot an issue ?
>
> -Chris
>
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