Slightly OT: Old CRT displays vs. new LCD

[Tony Duell]

> Oh, I also *like* the bulk of a CRT - for the bigger 19" and 21" screens, 
> there's a useful place on top of the display to park paperwork and things 

It's also a normal place for the cat to sleep ;-)

More seriously, this was one thing that was liked about the HP836. The 
monitor for that, which locked on top of the keyboard/processor unit, had 
a flat top with no coooling vents. It was common to stick the printer or 
plotter on top of the mahcine, or of you didn't have those, to pile up 
manuals and paperwork there.

[...]

> of course we all have much older ones on our vintage gear). Plus I feel better 
> about reusing an existing product and keeping it out of landfill than I do 
> buying a new product (with all the manufacturing 'impact' involved).

So do I. That's why I bought a lathe to make a part to fix a cheap 
copier, even though the lathe cost 10 times as much as a new copier (of 
course said lathe is something I'd wanted for some time, and it's been 
used fro many jobs since and will be used more in the future...

-tony