From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:31:18 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-02-23, CrudeSausage  wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:11:14 -0600, chrisv wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> RonB wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>I learned a long time ago that data techs and the IT Department wonks   
   >>>>are often myopic and clueless.   
   >>>   
   >>> One of my favorite IT memories was back in the 90's when they were   
   >>> updating a lot of the office PC's to Win95, but there was no Win95   
   >>> driver for the video.  So, people were stuck with 640x400, flickering   
   >>> at a 60Hz refresh rate.  For the folks around me, I obtained a new   
   >>> video card, installed the driver, and got them up to 800x600 at a   
   >>> smooth 75Hz.   
   >>>  They appreciated that!   
   >>>   
   >>> Remember the bad old days of cheap 15" CRT monitors?  Eww.   
   >>   
   >> I used the 12" monitor, maxing out at 640x480, from my 1991 IBM PS/1   
   >> until 1999. I had a client over for a Windows installation and he told   
   >> me that I should probably update the thing (he was only the latest   
   >> person to make fun of it). After that, I decided to upgrade to a 15"   
   >> Sony Trinitron monitor which was admittedly a lot better.   
   >   
   > For a few years I had a Sony Trinitron monitor (I think it was a 19"   
   > one).   
   > It was very heavy, but the quality of the screen was very good.   
      
   Except for that annoying line it had horizontally. With the 17", it was   
   two lines. It really did look like some sort of flaw in the screen, and it   
   was hard to convince customers that it was supposed to be like that when I   
   worked in a store. Still, its sharpness made the unit worth a purchase,   
   even with the line(s).   
      
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