Subj : Re: Price Piece in your c
To   : ACMEBBS
From : boraxman
Date : Fri May 13 2022 12:22:51

 AC>  bo> That is a nice collection!  I love old displays, the majesty of a
 AC>  bo> monochrome phosphor screen.
 AC> 
 AC> First VGA monitor I bought used was a monochrome model I used on a used
 AC> 386 I bought from a computer store in the mid-90's. The whole system was
 AC> from a  corporate account they had where they replaced it with a newer
 AC> system. Remember playing Lemmings on the DOS system before heading to
 AC> the new Wal-Mart which just opened to buy the red spine edition of OS/2
 AC> Warp 3.0...with some more  memory.
 AC> 
 AC> Good times!
 AC> 
 AC> 
 AC> ... 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.
 AC> --- MultiMail/Win v0.52

I still have the green monochrome Amdek monitor that came with my XT.  Unfortunately, I don't have a way to use it, as I don't have a functional system which takes a CGA graphics card.

I did hook my Commodore 64 up to it, which was pretty cool.  I remember as a teenager exploring DOS and the PC world with that machine and although VGA was welcome when I moved to it, there was a charm to that screen.  Not too large like monitors today and a good aspect ratio for text.

Back then, tech wasn't all consuming.  IT seems now the screens demand more space, more attention, throw more at you, more
distractions.  I'm typing this in a window which occupies maybe a third of the screen, the rest around it is unwanted distraction. There is a certain purity of purpose when the screen is all focused on just what you are doing right now, simple.

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