LaCie Electron Blue Monitor problems

Frankly mam/sir, I don't give a damn!

It's what you write that is important, and not what you use to write it
with. Enough said.
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Mike Hutchison

In article <B6762CDF.25E1B%MadM @blizzard.u-net.com>,

I don't think that's right.

Usenet is a method of communication, nothing else. *What* you say is
important, as you say, and within the limits of the law, is strictly up to
you.

However, there are two sides to any communication; the message, and the
medium. The medium part of it can be handled more or less well; that
changes other peoples' understanding of and pleasure in what you say. And
as far as newsgroups are concerned it does seem that MacSoup is
considerably better than OE.

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Peter

That's just plainly false. Suppose you wote it in other people's blood
without their permission?

Daniele
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But you can't write in blood on the newsgroups! [only joking] :)

You and I know, that I was refering to News readers - OK.
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Thanks for clearing that up!
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Mike Hutchison

in article 91rf5p$27 @neptunium.btinternet.com, joolz at
purplejo @btinternet.com wrote on 20/12/00 11:26 pm:

Fix avaiable;

http://support.necmitsubishi.c om/mitsubishi/common_mit/mac_m onitor_po...
ch.html
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Clive Sweeting, Macs2u Bath & Wilts  Technology Consultant
Apple On-Site Technical Support & Training in Bath, Bristol and Wiltshire
email: c @sweet-apple.co.uk, web: http://www.sweet-apple.co.uk

Clive you can straighten out that bad word wrap in OE5.02 by selecting all
the text in question and select from the Edit menu, under the feature 'Auto
Text Cleanup', a nice little command called 'Rewrap Paragraphs'.

And the above quoted text is the outcome of the rewrap.
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Regards,
Mike Hutchison

Clive,

Have installed the patch and it works a treat! Thank you so much for posting
the link. What a guy!

joolz

in article B66E3FD4.24E47%MadM @blizzard.u-net.com, Mike Hutchison at
MadM @blizzard.u-net.com wrote on 27/12/00 6:23 pm:

Handy. Does it still put it 80 character width, or can i pop it straight
into my WP?
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Oh. I was under the distinct impression it was horseshit. Guess I must
be mistaken.

MacSOUP!

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It had about 15 over-length lines in it.  This is supposed to be
a recommendation?

I straightened out your text by first trimming it to the minimum and
then manually inserting quote characters and hard carriage returns.
Since I never quote more than the bare essential needed for my followup
to make sense, this is not much hardship.

OE is dogshit.  Get a real newsreader.

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in article 91rb79$g3 @uranium.btinternet.com, joolz at
purplejo @btinternet.com wrote on 20/12/00 10:18 pm:

Yes, this is a problem with Mitsubishi tubed screens. They all do it with
some G4s.

Copy of stuff from macFixit below: sorry 'bout the wrap....

              NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America has replied to
our recent coverage of
              wake-from-sleep problems with Mitsubishi monitors connected to
Power Mac G4s. They write:

                     NEC-Mitsubishi is fully aware of the power issue that
exists on these machines and is
                     currently in the final stages of developing a software
patch that will be made available
                     shortly. Customers are advised to check the Support
section of the NEC-Mitsubishi web
                     site in the next few days for a free download patch.

                     This issue causes certain models of Mitsubishi display
monitors to remain off after the G4
                     has been either restarted or powered up after a
shutdown. On certain versions of the Mac
                     OS ROM, this will only occur if the G4 has been in
sleep mode.

                     NEC-Mitsubishi has identified the cause as an
incompatibility in the Mac G4s with OS
                     9.0.4 and Mac OS ROMs 4.9.1 and newer. This causes
"power off" commands to be sent
                     to the monitor on shutdown and restart, however no
matching "power on" command is
                     sent instructing the monitor to wake up as the Mac
powers up. The problem only appears
                     on Mitsubishi monitors because they support an optional
alternate power command system
                     that has been introduced on the new G4s. Monitors from
other manufacturers that support
                     this standard in the future will also experience the
same problem.

                     The following Mitsubishi monitors are affected by this
issue: Diamond Pro 2045 Diamond
                     Plus 120 Diamond Plus 200 Diamond Plus 730 Diamond Pro
720 Diamond Plus 710s
                     Diamond Pro 920 Diamond Plus 91.

                     Until the software patch is available, customers
experiencing this problem are requested to
                     switch the monitor power off for a few seconds before
starting the Mac. It is important to
                     note that the monitor is functioning normally and is
just following commands sent from the
                     Mac.

                     Customers with the following models can use the "Video
A" signal input to avoid the
                     problem: Diamond Pro 2045 Diamond Plus 200.
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Clive Sweeting, Macs2u Bath & Wilts  Technology Consultant
Apple On-Site Technical Support & Training in Bath, Bristol and Wiltshire
email:

Is it a brand new G4, by any chance? There have been reports of problems
experienced by users with Mitsubishi monitors (read all about it on
www.macintouch.com, www.macfixit.com, etc). Th eLaCie monitors are
basically top-of-the-range Mitsubishi devices with blue cases and - I
think - some uprated electronics, so I wouldn't be surprised if the
problem applies to LaCie monitors too.

Anyway, have a look; the problem may be the same as yours. Mitsubishi
are apparently working on a patch to fix it.

Daniele
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In article <B666EC69.24DAA%clive.sweet @btinternet.com>, Clive Sweeting



Snippety snip

Well thank you Clive...I'm not sure if this is good news or not!
But at least I know its not just me!!

joolz

I had a look and yes you're right. I suppose we just sit and wait now!!!

Thanks for taking time to reply.

joolz