Re: Electrostatic deflection?

Noone makes an electrostatic CRT, an electrostatic 19" tube would
be about 3' from face to socket! About the largest tube is in the
under 10" range and, as far as I know, B&W only.

HOWEVER, if they made an electrostatic projection tube.......

Frank Palazzolo wrote:

> I fully admit that I'm out of my league in these discussions...don't
> let these musings slow anyone down...
>
> I was thinking about the yoke issue, and am wondering if it's
> feasable to modify a vector (or raster) monitor to do electrostatic
> deflection. I think this is what oscilloscopes do.
>
> I can see a nice, simple assembly of four plates replacing a yoke,
> but I'd imagine you would need higher voltages to acheive decent
> deflection. After all, oscilloscope tubes are long and skinny.
> I think the nice part would be driving a high impedance instead of a
> low one...
>
> Is this possible or am I just dreaming? ;)
>
> Thanks,
> Frank
Received on Fri Oct 22 15:22:44 1999