Re: screen flicker: probably not X related

Tony Langdon is a darn nice person I don't care what anybody says!


> Sounds like your problem was more "wobble" than "flicker".  If that's the
> case, it's caused by a stray magnetic field.  
Yes wobble, I picked that word up late in the piece and it fit better than 
flicker, I really didn't know what sort of descriptor to use
> Lead will do nothing to fix  this.  You need to either implement magnetic 
> shielding (usually done with certain metals - not lead), 
lead was my first thought as a shield but if you say its some other type of 
metal That's what I'll have to use
> or simply use a LCD >monitor, as LCDs are unaffected by magnetic fields. 
I was  looking at them this Sunday at the swapmeet but I think it'll be a 
metal shield till after June 31st sometime
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