** Tim Allen <[email protected]> [2011-02-02 18:23]: > On 02/02/11 13:39, Paul Tansom wrote: > >** Tim Allen<[email protected]> [2011-02-02 10:40]: > >>Well, end of an era - I've just disconnected a 1989 NEC Multisync 3D > >>- 22 years of continuous use and into it's fourth decade of > >>existence! Must be a record. Only reason I've pensioned it off is > >>because it's 110 Volt only and I could do with freeing up the > >>autotransformer it runs on. > >** end quote [Tim Allen] > > > >I can't quite manage that long, although I do still have my original Amiga > >1500 > >monitor that works (not used for a while though) along with a couple of (as > >yet > >untested) Philips CM 8833 units. > > > >My main monitors are 1998 vintage Iiyama Vision Master Pro 400s, which are > >nice > >as the have BNC input as well as D-sub, so I can have occaisional use > >machines > >connected as well if needed an switch using the on screen menus. Sadly the > >one > >on the right failed last night - and appears to be working again this > >morning - > >so I think I'll either be dropping to a single 17" screen or needing a new > >one > >soon. It was a replacement for another identical unit that started playing > >up, > >and I still have that, so there's a temptation to try and combine the two > >into > >a working one (the other had colour issues, this seems to be a power > >problem). > >Likely not worth the hassle, but you never know! > > I still have some mid 90's Iiyama's running, but I realise the '89 > Multisync is only my third oldest monitor: I still have a 9 inch > Hitachi on my 1981 Nascom 2, but the winner is a 1979 Ferguson B&W > portable TV, bought for a UK101 (6502, 8k RAM). The Ferguson is > still in daily use after 33 years. ** end quote [Tim Allen]
They don't make them like they used to :) I had a UK101 for a short while, although never really did anything with it as it was already old tech by the time (and things hadn't moved on enough for that old tech to be interesting like it is now!). I'm having a few problems with modern TVs (not even that modern actually, an old CRT one). I know the latest TFT ones don't go well with the old computers output to TV, but I can't seem to even get this old CRT one to tune in. I'm going to have to start looking at getting some SCART leads made up for those that support them. Thankfully it looks as though I only need a careful bit of soldering and a resistor to get a ZX81 hooked up via SCART too. All I need now is some time and a trip to Maplin! Ferguson wise, I still have my trusty Ferguson tape deck that I used with my original ZX81 and Spectrum - the one you pretty much always see in old photos! I still also have the Sanyo (iirc) on I got because you could adjust the head alignment - along with a couple of others I've acquired more recently that I've kept as backup because they are in good condition and also have the head adjustment. Mustn't get disctracted, I should get back to MySQL replication and Samba performance issues! -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 ====================================================================== Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6NU -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Wednesday 2011-03-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
