Slightly OT: Old CRT displays vs. new LCD

[Jules Richardson]

Richard wrote:
> In article <01af01c835ba$e311c180$6400a8c0 at BILLING>,
>     "Jay West" <jwest at classiccmp.org>  writes:
> 
>> I had no idea there were LCD's on vintage computers. Wow.
> 
> The Random Colleague is a vintage VT100 clone that is a portable
> laptop terminal with an LCD display.

Someone I picked some vintage stuff up from a year or two ago had a vintage 
LCD PC monitor - it was about a 10" diagonal, monochrome, and some form of TTL 
input (CGA or EGA, don't recall which). No doubt it was rather expensive when 
new. Seems pretty uncommon - whilst it doubtless dated from the era when 
laptops with such displays were becoming widespread, a standalone non-CRT 
screen would be quite rare.

Back in the day, there must have been quite a few non-PC portable systems 
around which used LCD screens (e.g. Tadpole SPARC machines and Acorn's A4 
spring immediately to mind). Not to mention all those classic hand-held games 
which don't get mentioned much here :-)

cheers

Jules