Re: [NTLK] Screen Calabration Issues

From: Mike Kidd (mkidd_at_mrc.gm)
Date: Tue Jan 22 2002 - 09:18:09 EST


Yes, sorry Andre, I forgot there's no backup battery in the 2x00s - seems as
though I had a brain-wipe myself. Shame the training trick didn't work
either.

To help you with the Mac ROMs, try this most useful page which was posted a
few weeks ago (thanks to whoever-it-was):

http://www.lofi-gaming.org.uk/emulation/Essential_Files/essential_files.shtm
l

...I got my stuff from there. Also posted recently was another source of a
DiskCopy image file of a complete Mac OS 7.5.5 (I think it's on UNNA) for
use with Basilisk. I'll see if I can find the URL sometime. Let us know
how you get on with Basilisk - I would like to try it myself when there's
more time.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: André Baron <abaron_at_mac.com>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Screen Calabration Issues

>
> Hmm thats all fine and good, unfortunatly the 2100 does not have a backup
> battery, it only has backup resister. I may very well need a full brain
> wipe ut I have no pc serial cable to use to connect to this stupid
winblows
> laptop, and I'm trying to get Basalisik working, but I'm not 100% sure
that
> it will work, and wiping my newt with no backup desn't appeal to me. In
> regards to this anyone in europe have a pc serial cable I can buy/borrow
if
> your in the Paris area. The calabration doesn't seem to drift either, it
> just is out every time I wake up the newt. Unfortunatly your training
trick
> doesn't seem to work with the newt either. Thanks for your help though,
> there are defiantivly some good suggestions in there.
>
> André
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]De la part de Mike Kidd
> Envoyé : mardi 22 janvier 2002 14:28
> À : newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Objet : Re: [NTLK] Screen Calabration Issues
>
>
>
> Andre
>
> I had this daft problem on an old 130 that I dug out again after a couple
of
> years. The calibration was so far out to the left-hand side of the pen
that
> I couldn't acknowledge the check-box on the 'communications card inserted'
> start-up slip (this is without any backdrop applications). Like you say,
a
> reset did the trick but it had to be the full brain-wipe. Soon after that
> the backup battery reported itself as duff, so I changed it and after that
> the problem ALMOST disappeared. However when I switch it on now after a
day
> or so the pen has drifted about 2mm off, again to the left. I would say
> first try cleaning the backup cell contacts or just changing the cell to
see
> if that helps - even though you can be on full adapter power, remember
Apple
> has a proud and solid history in its ability to build in a plethora of
> unimaginable consequences of a bad PRAM battery.
>
> Strangely enough I found you can train the line to join up with the pen
> again by switching to line ink and moving it in a sort of square spiral,
> clockwise, making sure you go to the edge of the screen left and right.
> Each time you get to the right-hand side the line is a little closer to
the
> pen, until after about three circles later when it matches. It seems to
be
> stable like this until you turn the thing off. I only post this last bit
as
> another observation of a possible self-adjustment mechanism, and not a
> solution - perhaps a proper re-alignment with the three X's is quicker.
>
> Buggered if I know what's going on though.
>
> Mike
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> Unit Virologist
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>
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>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: André Baron <abaron_at_mac.com>
> To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 1:22 PM
> Subject: [NTLK] Screen Calabration Issues
>
>
> >
> > (sorry if this is a duplicate of a previous message I've posted but I
> posted
> > it when I was having problems with my email client and never did recieve
> the
> > posted message)
> >
> > I've been noticing this problem for only about a month. When ever I
wake
> my
> > newton up the pen recogonition is about 2mm out; meaning that when I
draw
> a
> > line on the screen it appears 2mm below where my pen is. I have tried
> > switching backdrops thinking that by some wierd reason this could be the
> > cause; but I have the same problems both with infoback and Avi's
backdrop.
> > If I hit the reset button the newt comes back alive, already clabrated
> > correctly! I have not expierenced the jaggies on this newt, and it
> doesn't
> > seem like the jaggies (I've expierenced the jaggies on another unit)
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > André
> >
> >
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