Hi(gh)!

On 14.01.2016 07:49, Sven Littkowski wrote:
> Yes. And what most people don't know, is that older CRT monitors display
> many millions of colors, while LED flatscreens display only several
> thousands.
>
> As graphic designer, I still keep my older but better CRTs... :-)
>
As long as you don't have to keep an eye on your electricity bill, they 
are fine... but they are also very bulky, especially those 19-, 21- or 
23-inch behemoths capable of display really high resolutions!

Currently, I'm on a retrocomputing trip and thus about to build myself a 
386, 486 or first generation Pentium computer, as a monitor I would like 
to choose a 14- or 15-inch CRT, any larger one would be overkill for 
MS-DOS and also not fit into my shelf...

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar

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> Currently, I'm on a retrocomputing trip and thus about to build myself a
> 386, 486 or first generation Pentium computer, as a monitor I would like
> to choose a 14- or 15-inch CRT, any larger one would be overkill for
> MS-DOS and also not fit into my shelf...

Will you be doing your own mainboard layout? }:->

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Hi(gh)!

On 21.02.2016 08:31, clipka wrote:

>
>> Currently, I'm on a retrocomputing trip and thus about to build myself a
>> 386, 486 or first generation Pentium computer, as a monitor I would like
>> to choose a 14- or 15-inch CRT, any larger one would be overkill for
>> MS-DOS and also not fit into my shelf...
>
> Will you be doing your own mainboard layout? }:->
>
No, by "building" I meant "assembling from existing parts", not 
"re-designing from scratch" - too bad I'm not a semiconductor company! 
But believe it, nowadays those old computers are well-sought vintage 
objects! You may find a 386 system announced for a cool 300 euros - very 
unlike the 1990s and early 2000s, when you even found them on piles of 
bulk trash!

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar

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