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LCDs are becoming nicer than CRTs in just about every respect except one: degaussing. Much fun was had back in the day, pressing a button and watching a wobbly picture, and hearing a neat thump sound. Often I would hold a magnet near the tube while degaussing so I could feel the magnetic field. With
the advent of liquid crystals, degaussing might soon be a forgotten memory.
We mustn’t let this happen! A little bit of coding could create a degaussing simulator. It takes your current view, and runs it through a distortion filter, bouncing the picture all over the place. A selection of prerecorded audio samples would play over the speakers, fading out along with the picture effect. Choose from different monitor types, such as flat screen tube, trinitron, or big old 21" behemoth.
Now you can have hours of pointless yet wondeful fun, without even worrying about frying the degauss circuit.
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I totally agree, and want to see this taken a stage further, *everything* should include a Degauss button which when pressed, makes it go thhhtwonggg-k in that most pleasing manner. |
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Don't know about anyone else, but I used to make a point of saving-up my gauss, so that I'd get a particularly satisfying thhhtwonggg-k the next time I pressed the button. |
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Brilliant idea - and, yes, toasters, electric toothbrushes, digital watches, etc. should all have degauss buttons. |
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...lawnmowers, grandfather clocks, furniture, bibles... |
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Do you want a Vertical Hold button too? |
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I miss the "bing ... click" of my old monitor as it turns on and then slumps into standby. |
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Now when I turn on the power all is silent. |
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It should come with a turn on delay too, the colours swimming and fading into focus. |
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Was it" your previous job" befor or after you threw the monitor
our of the window? Cause, or effect? |
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Degaussing buttons ought to have tiny high-pitched
degaussing buttons on them which you have to use
before you can use the proper degaussing button |
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O for the great pioneering days of computing; the flashing front-
panel lights, the arcane mantra of the bootstrap loader, the
heady aroma of warm bakelite and paper dust from the console
teletype … |
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Someone should make an iPhone app for this |
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