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Hello Lance - At 10:30 PM 9/27/2003 +1000, you wrote: We could detail the life history of every monitor we have ever owned one at a time and draw no conclusion whatsoever. In my universe I see LCD as less dependable. I won't be posting the genealogy of every monitor "I have know" here though. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Charles Angelich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Interesting, my experiences with CGA monitors has been the reverse - they >die > > shortly after I reconfigure to use them. ;-) > > > > In the tech echo on FIDO the people there have repeated several times that > > capacitors will dry up if the monitor is stored and not in use. I suspect >this > > has been the case for my CGA monitors. > >True for most older equipment - I have a couple of dead PETs suffering from >this problem - one day "soon" I'll fix 'em. > >Several old Commodore 108x monitors here - one of 'em has been in daily use >since around '87 as a monitor attached to a VCR in my bedroom - apart from >the odd dry solder every now & again (par for the course with these), never >had a problem. Others are used for a variety of other tasks, including a >1084S (stereo) that's attached to the TV tuner card on this 'puter. > >They also turn up quite frequently as monitors attached to security cameras >in many shops & banks :-) They seem to go forever :-) Most of 'em are >Philips jobs re-branded. > >cheers, > >Lance > >// http://commodore.thebbs.org > telnet://commodore.thebbs.org > > Since 1987 - Australia's oldest Amiga BBS // > > >--- >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: 19/09/2003 > >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 > > > > > >--- >Incoming 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 Charles.Angelich http:/www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/ --=======7E7D750F======= 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 --=======7E7D750F=======-- 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
