--=======707C78DC======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-3A145060; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Hello Bob - At 01:40 PM 9/26/2003 -0400, you wrote: >"Charles Angelich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > I realize that few people will ever get rid of a working monitor, they > > stockpile them in a closet but give away everything else including > > their mouse. LOL > >Those old HP and Sun units were VERY high quality, and can be comparable >to a lower-end modern unit. I even have a hard time getting rid of >broken monitors. I finally had do dump a beloved broken 15" Sony before >my last move, and I had to give away that 19" HP fixed-frequency unit. >I've still got 3 Trinitrons sitting on a shelf that I can't bring myself >to unload. So YOU'RE the guy hoarding all the old monitors eh? > > [...] > > The most significant piece of hardware for you, the human requiring an > > interface, is your monitor. Money spent on an uptodate working LARGE > > monitor is never money wasted or mis-spent [...] > >Definitely true. I always recommend quality monitors to friends and >family, even when they cost more than the rest of the PC. Nothing's >worse than staring at a cheap monitor for a few hours and trying to get >the ol' eyes to focus again! And a quality unit can easily out-live a >few generations of PCs if you "shop ahead" of basic requirements. The trick is finding a monitor that is so very mainstream it will work with a wide variety of video cards. :-) >I quite like the flat-panel LCDs, especially now that they're priced >closer to CRTs. Lower power and space requirements are very appealing, >and I do like the clarity they provide for text display. I'm not sure >how well they'll do in the longevity department though. I have reasons to believe LCD are short lived. >One probable use for one of those CRTs on my shelf will be connecting it >to some sort of switch for some of my old SurvPre-PCs (Apple ][+, >T/S1000). Not familiar with actual monitors used for APPLE II+ or T/S1000. I used a TV on my APPLE II+. >I've also got an old XT I want to have running. I'm hoping to >easily and cheaply display composite video and CGA on a VGA monitor. My AT&T 6300 (and XT) required the the standard video be toggle _out_ then it could use a normal ISA 8-bit video card. Not sure about other XTs but even an EGA monitor stressed an XT (speed wise). Charles.Angelich http:/www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/ --=======707C78DC======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-3A145060 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 9/18/2003 --=======707C78DC=======-- To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
