VAX-11? and some C64 stuff

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Wed May 31 16:40:33 2000

On May 31, healyzh_at_aracnet.com wrote:
> > The good thing, though, about using "original" DEC monitors on
> > machines like those is that you can get a wonderfully HUGE tube with a
> > deliriously tight dot pitch and fabulous video quality for next to
> > nothing because they're fixed-frequency.
> >
> > The PeeCee world's inability to develop video systems that don't
> > require changing sync rates every time the wind blows has afforded the
> > Real Workstation world a wonderful advantage...a plethora of gorgeous,
> > huge monitors that can be had for a song. :-)
>
> BUT, if you're short on Desktop space, one really nice 21" multisync monitor
> is your best friend. Well, that, X-Windows, and a digital KVM switch.
> Remember all those beautiful big monitors take up a lot of space, generate a
> lot of heat, and weigh a lot.

  True...which is why I run *one* machine with a framebuffer...the one
I sit in front of. Heavy use of telnet and the DISPLAY environment
variable are my friends. :-)

  I mean, realistically...I'm ONE person, I sit in ONE chair at a
time, I drink from ONE can of Mountain Dew at a time...why do I need
more than one video system at a time?

          -Dave McGuire
Received on Wed May 31 2000 - 16:40:33 BST