A good real terminal

[Ethan Dicks]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:30:22PM +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
> I've had to repair a few VT220s with no horizontal hold. It seems to be 
> due to bad contact at the horizontal hold preset. Pull the case, note the 
> positon of this preset, and turn it from end to end a few times, finally 
> putting it back to the original postion. Power up and most likely the 
> picture will be locked. If it is, put the case back on. 

I'll certainly give that a try the next time I have a VT220 flake out on me.

Thanks for the tip.

-ethan

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