Anyone know where I can get a photo of the inside of a CRT? From the front as if the front glass were removed? It would make interesting computer wallpaper don't you think? :-)
Tom
-- Tom Veik tlveik at megavision dot com
It would be a lot less interesting than you think. Mostly, depending on just how far in you "dissect" it, you'd see either the shadow mask (which will look pretty much like just a large expanse of sheet metal), or, if the mask is removed, you'd be looking down the throat of the thing and seeing mostly glass covered in spots with a black material.
Bob M.
Hmmmm,
Well I have a hammer here and a camera!!... heheh. 17" ok? Yes, that would be an amusing wallpaper.
Not exactly what you're looking for, but it's a good start!! Basically, you want it to look like the front glass is missing, heck, just animate electrons trying to fire at the glass ;)
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Alternative suggestions:
- broken glass
- inside of monitor with whole CRT removed
Both are rather easier than a picture of the inside of the CRT funnel...
I've also thought about screen failures to be used as a screen saver (mangle the image to typical poor CRT look... bad convergence, fuzzy, retrace lines, pincushion/barrel distortion, nonlinearity, missing color, slight rotation... each rather more than a decent CRT would do in a random combination of strengths).
If done well it could really look like a broken monitor... :)
Thomas
How about the classic indian head test pattern?
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Hey, I like that idea even more. Lots more detail.
Tom
-- Tom Veik tlveik at megavision dot com
That is a good suggestion!!
OR!! How 'bout Microsoft's newest screen saver:
Blue screen VXD fault illegal operation CNTRL-ALT-DEL any programs not saved will be lost screen?!??! heheh,
That would freak out all the people you work with at least, seeing a blue screen!!!!! hahah.
ok, now back to work ;(
will be lost
screen!!!!!
There was one around about ten years ago that showed the inside of an AT-style computer - power supply, disk drives MB etc. I would have added a gerbil on an excercise wheel ;)
For extra funkiness, make a video driver that does this in real-time.
Extra credit if it could be set so as to undo bad convergence/retrace/ geometry/...
Or make it blur and shudder when coming out of screensave mode, a la degaussing.....
Ken
If you walk away from your box you just know some do-gooder will reboot it for you.
WARNING if you want to break a CRT be sure to breal the tit inside the base FIRST to relieve the vacuum, or the tube could implode when you crack the bell.
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Yup, trying to cut open a CRT (or even just cutting or disturbing the tensioning ring) without first releasing the vacuum, is a very painful and messy way to be nominated for the Darwin Award. (g)
-A
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Google can help :)
Al
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