HP9836C colour alignment (grey scale tracking)

Sridhar Ayengar ploopster at gmail.com
Fri Sep 26 10:21:05 CDT 2008


Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ wrote:
>> Now that I don;t know. I doubt the previous owner did anything, but I 
>> don't know about before that. Equally, I don't know if these 3 
>> resistors were ever the right values, it's possible they failed in 
>> service and nothing was adjusted (in which case the adjustments will 
>> be very nearly correct if I put good resistors in), or if the board 
>> was twraked when the user complained about poor colour performance or 
>> something. Or maybe the board as originally set up for the 
>> incorrect-value resistors that are now there.
>>
>> Equally, I don;t know if the CRT has lost emission over time, it may well
>> be that I could safely turn things up a bit. 
> 
> Fond though I am of spending my pocket money on expensive new toys, I'd 
> trust the Mk. 1 Eyeball on this job.

Why bother with the Mk. 1 Eyeball if one has available a Mk. 2 Eyeball?

Peace...  Sridhar


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