17 Sep
2000
17 Sep
'00
4:27 a.m.
Bill Bradford wrote:
I had an old (but perfect-picture) IBM 8514 monitor in
my garage "shop",
and during one rather energetic argument with my SO over "too much
computer equipment", she picked up the monitor and THREW it at the
ground (which was nothing more than thin carpet over concrete).
Plastic bezel/case cracked a bit. CRT stayed intact. I'm still debating
whether I should power it up and see if it still works. 8-)
I have a Sony KV25DXR 25" TV, a close relative of the famous KV25XBR.
Two moves ago I dropped it four feet onto asphalt. The plastic case
broke in many places, and a hissing noise came from it. I expected
that meant that the neck of the tube cracked.
Later I powered it up, and was surprised to discover that it works
fine.