28 May
2009
28 May
'09
9:47 p.m.
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Bob Armstrong <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:
Ah! Good point. I completely overlooked that avenue. There may have
been more used for that application than for all others combined
(making them a rich source).
Ethan Dicks
[mailto:ethan.dicks at gmail.com]
If you could find an old 9" mono VGA monitor...
?9" mono VGA monitors were at one time common on POS ("Point of Sale")
terminals (i.e. cash registers) that were really nothing more than a
disguised PC. ?I often find them at surplus places, although the
supply does
seem to be drying up.
I don't think the surplus places around here (except perhaps for
Mendelsson's) have quite the eclectic selection as the ones around
you. Barring a few at the Dayton Hamvention, I can't recall running
across old POS terminals.
I did get some 20x2 VFD Pole Displays from a POS at Dayton - a carton
of them for $10. I even got them working with LCDproc. Never saw the
terminals themselves, though.
-ethan