[personal] Re: Stanford's PDP-6 ( was Re: Hardware Hobbyists vs. EmulatorJockeys)

[Mr Ian Primus]

--- On Fri, 6/19/09, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:

> Would any of 
> the list members now take it on themselves to accumulate
> all of the 
> Pentium I PCs that they could get their hands on?  How
> about CRT 
> monitors?

I collect old CRT monitors. Primarily early workstaion monitors, monochrome monitors, unusual monitors and early VGA monitors. I collect them to go with the old computers I collect. I hate using old iron with new monitors. Doesn't seem right somehow. And, I have a real hatred of LCD monitors. CRT's have much better picture, IMHO.

> For my part, today I'm taking a fixed-frequency HP
> workstation 
> monitor down to the recyclers.  It's a nice unit, but
> it's large and 
> heavy and an LCD gives a better display.  No point to
> keeping it at 
> all.

You shouldn't scrap that! For one, that's exactly the kind of monitor I've been looking for for a long time now, and for two - it's important to preserve this kind of hardware. I mean, sure, you _can_ use an LCD with an old HP workstation, but would you want to? Not exactly accurate, if you ask me.

-Ian