In case I go silent . . .

[David Hobby]

Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
> When I woke up the computer this morning, the 
> monitor made a number of popping sounds somewhat 
> similar in sharpness and volume to the sound a 
> cap pistol makes.  
...
> up some limbs for disposal.)  When I watched the 
> screen I noticed that every time the sound 
> occurred, the image dimmed and shrank like the 
> picture on an old TV when you turned it 
> off.  
...

Ronn--

Oh, yes, I've had that.  I presume that something inside
the (CRT, right?) monitor was sometimes shorting out.
In my case, the monitor lasted a few months more, then died.

You know, I haven't actually bought a monitor in several
years.  I've been taking the ones that other people give
away when they upgrade to flat panels.  My source for this
is Freecycle:
http://www.freecycle.org/search

					---David
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