Date   : Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:19:26 +0000
From   : zeem.uk@... (Alex Taylor)
Subject: Another set of dumb questions...lol

2009/3/16 Rob <robert@...>:

> That only pales into insignificance for "daft technical problems" from
> them when I was called upstairs to a problem on a PC which turned out
> to be the brightness had been turned all the way down...

I've had that too, with a Ferranti turbo-XT clone with green-screen
that I sold someone in the 90s.

2009/3/17 Pete Turnbull <pete@...>:
> [1] Not that it stops everyone. ?I've seen all sorts of things plugged
> into the RGB sockets on Microvitec monitors, and it was once common to
> see the RGB plugs upside down, resulting in a rather red or magenta
> picture scrolling diagonally across the screen.

I keep doing this all the time on one of my Cubs. Probably caused by
using the technique of leaning over the back, holding the cable up to
the socket and rotating it until it pushes in. Usually the notch would
only allow it in the one way, but the worn-out socket allows the plug
to go in 180 degrees out. I thought the monitor or cable was broken at
one point. It's slightly embarassing because I'm an IT technician by
profession...

-- 
Alex Taylor