We can hardly wait for your profound wisdom to flow forth ... Charles Angelich wrote:
> > 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/ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >--- >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 > > 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
