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Old 04-05-2010, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric H View Post
By the way, does anyone know if the purple glow from the CRT in the Analyst is UV or harmful to look at at length?
Not harmful. Incidentally, this phosphor was used for black and white flying spot scanners because of its short persistence, which minimized video smear. Color scanners used a greenish phosphor that required at least a double-time-constant smear correction circuit.
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