UPDATE on the LC...
I had it on for four hours today, got a lot of work done on it (yes, I DO use my LC for real work...and sometimes I believe I may be the last man left on this planet who uses MacWrite II on an almost daily basis for productivity).
I had it on 256 color mode the entire time. No problems whatsoever. I ran a bunch of different programs on it, from MacWrite II to Print Shop to Zoo Keeper to Carmen Sandiego. The only thing I didn't attempt was to change the bit depth to 4 bit color.
The only changes I made was removing After Dark from my system folder (which I did since I needed a little bit of hard drive space). The more I think of it I didn't have After Dark in my system folder before the problems. I know it's highly unlikely, especially because the jail bars remained after a restart of the Mac, but it's the only thing I can think of that I did today. (The only other change to my workspace is an awesome new chair from Ikea, but I doubt that would have an impact on the video system).
I'll be testing this Mac again the next time I work on it (likely Wednesday or Thursday night).
Perhaps this came because I just purchased a Mac LC logic board today?
I had it on for four hours today, got a lot of work done on it (yes, I DO use my LC for real work...and sometimes I believe I may be the last man left on this planet who uses MacWrite II on an almost daily basis for productivity).
I had it on 256 color mode the entire time. No problems whatsoever. I ran a bunch of different programs on it, from MacWrite II to Print Shop to Zoo Keeper to Carmen Sandiego. The only thing I didn't attempt was to change the bit depth to 4 bit color.
The only changes I made was removing After Dark from my system folder (which I did since I needed a little bit of hard drive space). The more I think of it I didn't have After Dark in my system folder before the problems. I know it's highly unlikely, especially because the jail bars remained after a restart of the Mac, but it's the only thing I can think of that I did today. (The only other change to my workspace is an awesome new chair from Ikea, but I doubt that would have an impact on the video system).
I'll be testing this Mac again the next time I work on it (likely Wednesday or Thursday night).
Perhaps this came because I just purchased a Mac LC logic board today?