David A Pickett wrote:
>
> John Ward is right, in that I have a monochrome slab.  The problem is not
> really one of dimming, but of the area of screen covered and, recently,
> slight barrel distortion.  Last year I opened it and adjusted what could be
> adjusted, but on the rare days when I switch off for an hour or so I now
> get a temporary line-foldover at the top of the screen (sorry, I dont know
> the technical term).  I suspect that this is an electronics problem rather
> than a tube problem, but I am not a video engineer.
>
> However, the point is that a second hand monitor would also have a limited
> life.  When my monitor gets closer to death, I may try to see what one can
> do to replace it with an RBG monitor, feeding whatever proportions to the
> R, G & B inputs it takes to get a B&W result.
>
> I was just wondering whether anyone had gone down that path yet.
>....

Thought this may be of interest...

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From: Bjoern Giesler <[log in to unmask]>

> > > my Cube's Megapixel display is seriously dim. I'm thinking about getting
> > > a different monitor.
[snip]

> Another option is to use a multisync:
>
> http://www.ifi.unibas.ch/Groups/Staff/frank/NeXTInfo/MonitorPinOut

Thanks a lot. Just to let you guys know, I ripped the board out of my
MegaPixel, put it into a separate box and soldered a female VGA
connector to it according to the above link. Works flawlessly with a
Samsung SyncMaster 900NF, but looking at the signal specs (61kHz hor,
68Hz ver) any modern multisync should be able to do that.

Thanks again, I can now hack my cube without the curtains drawn :-)

                --Björn

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