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> Likewise, remember the green swooping radar of days gone by

Monochrome CRTs don't have a shadow mask or an aperture grille, and no degausing or need for it. Certainly, magnetic fields will interact with the electron beam of a monochrome CRT, but if it's the earth's magnetic field, it will be uniform over the whole screen, and not a big deal.




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