The ones I keep are the NEC Multisync II, Sony CPD-1304,
and the various versions and clones of the Commodore 1084.
And specialty ones, like the DEC 241 for color on the
Rainbow and Pro 350. Mitsubishi also made a DiamondScan
with abilities like the NEC, Sony and Commodore.
Most of yours I would throw out.
Louis
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000 16:21:48 -0800, Mike Ford wrote:
Which monitors are the ones to look for and keep?
Yesterday I was looking at an old 20" NEC Multisync, I think the model was
JC20 something, and I ended up leaving it behind (ran out of time, didn't
know if it was a "good" monitor, or even worked). It "looked" neat,
but old.
Monitors, especially the big ones take up HUGE amounts of storage, don't
stack well, and break easily if dropped. I have less than 20 right now, but
they are still one of the first items I look to when I want some space.
What are some of the good monitors to keep? (repeating myself I know)
Right now I have
(3) 2086A3SG Silicon Graphics monitors
(2) HP 1097C
1 20" RasterOPs
1 Viking Moniterm monochrome two page
1 Sigma Design high res gray scale (lab view I think, 1600x1200).
1 Radius TPD
(3) Radius Color Pivots
(3) Radius B&W pivots
1 CTX 1765 color
1 Optiquest Q73 17" color
(8) Apple 13 RGB high res
half a dozen various small monochrome and NTSC
1 Sony 1304
1 Atari something
Pretty obviously this is too many, and the list doesn't include all in one
systems or a couple DEC VT420 terminals I just added. Many of them are in
limbo, where I haven't gotten them to work yet, but I "think" they are OK,
which isn't quite good enough to sell them or use them.
I want to have monitors for everything I have to play with, which includes
an IBM 5150 and a HP 735/50, but have pretty much decided I am NOT going to
start collecting Commodore or Atari (very much, maybe an Amiga and
something like a 1200XL). Suggestions?