The click zoom disease seems to be the same as with the 1710 displays. This might be fixed easily, but I think those tubes consume too much electric energy, are too heavy and use too much space on the desktop.
For external displays I preferred to replace it with a nice TFT display. For vintage Macs the EIZO L365 is great. Brilliant picture, the case design fits well to a platinum Mac. The multy sync capability allows for most of available resolutions (native 1024 x 768). It sports both digital and analogue video inputs as well as a set of stereo speakers. The VGA to Mac D sub 15 pin cable from an old Mac 15" CRT display makes an ideal connector to the Mac's video output.
Conclusion: If a day of work to fix the thing is cheaper for you than to buy a new one AND you do not care about the power consumption (CRT 100...500 Watts, TFT less 50 Watts), give it a try. Otherwise obtain a more recent diplay and dump the old one.
For external displays I preferred to replace it with a nice TFT display. For vintage Macs the EIZO L365 is great. Brilliant picture, the case design fits well to a platinum Mac. The multy sync capability allows for most of available resolutions (native 1024 x 768). It sports both digital and analogue video inputs as well as a set of stereo speakers. The VGA to Mac D sub 15 pin cable from an old Mac 15" CRT display makes an ideal connector to the Mac's video output.
Conclusion: If a day of work to fix the thing is cheaper for you than to buy a new one AND you do not care about the power consumption (CRT 100...500 Watts, TFT less 50 Watts), give it a try. Otherwise obtain a more recent diplay and dump the old one.