Brian Lanning wrote:
On Sat, Jul 17,
2010 at 2:46 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
2) It does something that modern monitors
don't (supports a particular
scan rate, for example)
I much agree. A few monitors out there support scan rates down to
15khz. These work on amigas and are highly sought after. The NEC 3D
was an example iirc. So check the specs before you trash them.
I thought I might add one additional criteria: Is there something that
this monitor is
capable of that most current monitors are unable to support.
For example, I use E11 to run RT-11 on a system with a AUS X1050 Video
card. The
reason is that when I use full screen mode with 25 character lines, I
want the monitor to
display both 80 character text lines and 132 character text lines which
is what a VT100
with the Advanced Video Option is capable of doing. I find that 132
character text lines
are essential when I am displaying a LST file from the MACRO-11 assembler.
Finding a Video card and monitor capable of that function was difficult
(specifically the
132 character text lines - 80 character text lines are standard and will
probably never
be a problem) to say the least. Since the vast majority are flat screen
monitors these
days, finding a video card / monitor combination that supports 132
character text lines
in full screen mode will continue to be a problem. So if your 17" CRT
is special, then
it is probably worth keeping. The only problem will be to find a
replacement in the
future if you ever depend on that special feature.
Jerome Fine
