what's vintage? was Re: Latest addition: A bondi-blue iMac

People junked most of the older small low res slow refresh non working (bad caps) non widescreen LCD monitors by now. I kept one I got free and fixed ages ago for bench testing (has just a VGA connection) since it is easy to move around. Newer gaming video cards don't even have VGA out anymore so the older VGA connector monitors are of no use. Could also be instead of offering them for sale or free people just straight up recycle them because of low demand for working ones. On a recycling forum I read people were trying to sell working older units for $10 each with no luck. The last 2 LCD monitors I purchased new were $100 (Both DELLs a 23" IPS 1080P and a 24" 1080P) so pricing is not a problem like it used to be in the 90's were a 17" quality monitor was $800. -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Guzis Sent: Friday, July 01, 2016 3:14 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: what's vintage? was Re: Latest addition: A bondi-blue iMac On 07/01/2016 11:48 AM, Toby Thain wrote: Been there, done that--and even depopulated the inverter section on one PCB (badly designed--capacitors hot-glued to heatsinks, that sort of thing) and replaced it with a cheap "universal" CFL inverter. Still works fine. Strangely, I don't see nearly as many junked LCD displays today as I did 5 years ago for some reason. --Chuck --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus