[arcade] rotating monitors frequently (fwd)

Well, after a couple days of no response on the arcade list, I thought I'd
fire this off to the vectorlist. Showing my ignorance, I don't know if
this is on topic for vectorlist or not, as I don't know if vector and
raster monitors have the same factors to consider when you rotate them.
Gosh, do you even rotate vector monitors?

At any rate, if this is off topic I apologize.

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Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 20:56:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: saint <saint@speedhost.com>
To: arcade@syslog.com
Subject: [arcade] rotating monitors frequently

I run a site dedicated to building arcade controls for computer use. One
question that has come up is the pros and cons of rotating monitors. The
Wells-Gardner U3000 and U3100 are VGA/SVGA monitors that as far as I
understand are otherwise the same as their arcade monitors. The question
is, can they withstand semifrequent rotation? Obviously they can be
mounted vertical or horizontal, but say someone wants to rig a rotating
device like a couple I've seen on the web, is there an impact on the
monitor? I've heard suggestions that the colors will begin to bleed. Is
this so, and if so would a simple degauss help, or will frequent rotation
damage the monitor?

--- saint
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Received on Mon Jul 12 14:03:44 1999