1600x1200, baby!

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So I splurged and got a commercial 19" monitor (Compaq P910) from a local
surplus store. Assuming it doesn't blow up any time soon, this thing is
pretty sweet! I'm comfortably at 1600x1200 @ 85 Hz, but it can go up to
1920x1440 @ 70 Hz (although I haven't worked out the modeline to get it
out of 60 Hz at that resolution). It was slightly more expensive than my
17" monitor was a few years ago.

Now I know why I like CRT better - all the 19" LCDs I looked at had a max
res of 1280x1024 with the funky 5:4 aspect ratio to boot (which makes it
kinda pointless to watch widescreen movies). Not to mention about 3x the
price.

And it was only about 4 years ago that I had a dinky 14" monitor that
wouldn't go above 640x480 in Windows (although it worked fine at 800x600
in Linux).

Viva la Resolution!

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Cape Dweller wrote:
> So I splurged and got a commercial 19" monitor (Compaq P910) from a local
> surplus store. Assuming it doesn't blow up any time soon, this thing is
> pretty sweet! I'm comfortably at 1600x1200 @ 85 Hz, but it can go up to
> 1920x1440 @ 70 Hz (although I haven't worked out the modeline to get it
> out of 60 Hz at that resolution). It was slightly more expensive than my
> 17" monitor was a few years ago.
>
> Now I know why I like CRT better - all the 19" LCDs I looked at had a max
> res of 1280x1024 with the funky 5:4 aspect ratio to boot (which makes it
> kinda pointless to watch widescreen movies). Not to mention about 3x the
> price.
>
> And it was only about 4 years ago that I had a dinky 14" monitor that
> wouldn't go above 640x480 in Windows (although it worked fine at 800x600
> in Linux).
>
> Viva la Resolution!
>
Ahhh. The beauty of 1600x1200.
I have 2 Samsung 19" Syncmasters. Together they cost me less as I gave
for my last 17" 6 or 7 years ago 4600 NOK (approximately 600$)

I got my first 17" from work - it cost approximately 2000$ back in '93.

But I started computing on a 12" monitor. Those were the days - NOT!

pibbur who still remember the 20 MB hard disk he considered buying in
1984. At 20,000 NOK (3600$). He didn't buy it.

 

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On Fri, 06 May 2005 10:27:35 +0200, pibbur
<oopsREM.OVE512@bergenCAP.ITAonline.noLS> wrote:

>pibbur who still remember the 20 MB hard disk he considered buying in
>1984. At 20,000 NOK (3600$). He didn't buy it.

Pffft. No one needs hard drives as long as the teletype terminal has
paper!

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On Fri, 06 May 2005 04:53:25 -0500, Polychromic <macecil@comcast.net>
wrote:

>On Fri, 06 May 2005 10:27:35 +0200, pibbur
><oopsREM.OVE512@bergenCAP.ITAonline.noLS> wrote:
>
>>pibbur who still remember the 20 MB hard disk he considered buying in
>>1984. At 20,000 NOK (3600$). He didn't buy it.
>
>Pffft. No one needs hard drives as long as the teletype terminal has
>paper!
Yeah, let's go print out one of those hugeely long series of
characters that when you get far enough away look like a naked lady.

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On Fri, 06 May 2005 11:22:08 GMT, Optician Dragon
<DragonLensman1@verizon.net> wrote:

>On Fri, 06 May 2005 04:53:25 -0500, Polychromic <macecil@comcast.net>
>wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 06 May 2005 10:27:35 +0200, pibbur
>><oopsREM.OVE512@bergenCAP.ITAonline.noLS> wrote:
>>
>>>pibbur who still remember the 20 MB hard disk he considered buying in
>>>1984. At 20,000 NOK (3600$). He didn't buy it.
>>
>>Pffft. No one needs hard drives as long as the teletype terminal has
>>paper!
>Yeah, let's go print out one of those hugeely long series of
>characters that when you get far enough away look like a naked lady.
>

No, I must defend my space stations from the Klingons!

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Words to the wise, Cape Dweller <usenet@ciotog.net> wrote:

>Now I know why I like CRT better - all the 19" LCDs I looked at had a max
>res of 1280x1024 with the funky 5:4 aspect ratio to boot (which makes it
>kinda pointless to watch widescreen movies). Not to mention about 3x the
>price.

What about Space or heat dissipation?

(I am typing this on a 19" LCD with a 15" LCD for all the
chat-messenging-mudding stuff).

>And it was only about 4 years ago that I had a dinky 14" monitor that
>wouldn't go above 640x480 in Windows (although it worked fine at 800x600
>in Linux).
>
>Viva la Resolution!

Good Addicts song, btw.

 

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Words to the wise, Polychromic <macecil@comcast.net> wrote:

>>pibbur who still remember the 20 MB hard disk he considered buying in
>>1984. At 20,000 NOK (3600$). He didn't buy it.
>
>Pffft. No one needs hard drives as long as the teletype terminal has
>paper!

Pfft. There is no need for paper as long as you have stones and harder
stones.

 

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psz wrote:
> I've got a 2-year old 19in which maxes at 1280x124... Movies are GREAT on
> it. (My 19in CRT is also quite good for movies, just not as smooth)

There is either a typo in here, or you have a really long, thin screen.

-Lumina Dragon

 

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On Fri, 06 May 2005 20:21:46 -0500, Lumina Dragon <kewhitte@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>psz wrote:
>> I've got a 2-year old 19in which maxes at 1280x124... Movies are GREAT on
>> it. (My 19in CRT is also quite good for movies, just not as smooth)
>
>There is either a typo in here, or you have a really long, thin screen.

Or just really tall pixels.

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Cape Dweller wrote:
> So I splurged and got a commercial 19" monitor (Compaq P910) from a local
> surplus store. Assuming it doesn't blow up any time soon, this thing is
> pretty sweet! I'm comfortably at 1600x1200 @ 85 Hz, but it can go up to
> 1920x1440 @ 70 Hz (although I haven't worked out the modeline to get it
> out of 60 Hz at that resolution). It was slightly more expensive than my
> 17" monitor was a few years ago.

And here I was proud of how I can now use 1024x.

Actually, I can probably go higher, but then everything'd be so tiny. I
think this is a 17".

-Lumina Dragon

 

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Claus Dragon wrote:
> Words to the wise, Polychromic <macecil@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>>>pibbur who still remember the 20 MB hard disk he considered buying in
>>>1984. At 20,000 NOK (3600$). He didn't buy it.
>>
>>Pffft. No one needs hard drives as long as the teletype terminal has
>>paper!
>
>
> Pfft. There is no need for paper as long as you have stones and harder
> stones.
And for binary you can always use your never-ending supply of finger
bones and metacarpals, 19 useful bones on each hand.

pibbur

 

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pibbur wrote:

> But I started computing on a 12" monitor. Those were the days - NOT!

I started computing on a 13" TV screen

Peek? Poke!

> pibbur who still remember the 20 MB hard disk he considered buying in
> 1984. At 20,000 NOK (3600$). He didn't buy it.

Yeah, some day the kids will stand gape-jawed when I tell them I spent
$150 for a 250GB HD. ("But you can buy a terabyte flash drive at the
dollar store!")

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psz wrote:

> I've got a 2-year old 19in which maxes at 1280x124... Movies are GREAT on
> it. (My 19in CRT is also quite good for movies, just not as smooth)

Hmm... I never actually did the math but a 19" LCD has a viewable width of
around 376mm (assuming 1.25:1 aspect) whereas a 19" CRT with 18" viewable
has a viewable width of around 365 mm even though it has a wider aspect
ratio of 1.33:1.

Oh well, I still didn't have 3x as much money to spend

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Lumina Dragon wrote:

> And here I was proud of how I can now use 1024x.
>
> Actually, I can probably go higher, but then everything'd be so tiny. I
> think this is a 17".

I used to use 1152x864 just to get the extra 128 pixels width and I
thought it was just about perfect for 17". If the monitor had a decent
refresh rate at 1280x960 I'm sure I'd use that instead...

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Eek! Cape Dweller wrote:
<snip>
> Yeah, some day the kids will stand gape-jawed when I tell them I spent
> $150 for a 250GB HD. ("But you can buy a terabyte flash drive at the
> dollar store!")

I still remember it that my cousin's computer was like 8 MHz on Turbo mode
(anybody still remember turbo button on your computer case?).

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Quoth Cape Dweller <usenet@ciotog.net>:
....
> I started computing on a 13" TV screen
> Peek? Poke!

http://custurd.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/
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Lumina Dragon wrote:
> psz wrote:
>
>> I've got a 2-year old 19in which maxes at 1280x124... Movies are GREAT
>> on it. (My 19in CRT is also quite good for movies, just not as smooth)
>
>
> There is either a typo in here, or you have a really long, thin screen.
>
> -Lumina Dragon
It may have been designed by Bloddy Stupid Johnson.

PIBBUR

 

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pibbur wrote:
> Lumina Dragon wrote:
>
>> psz wrote:
>>
>>> I've got a 2-year old 19in which maxes at 1280x124... Movies are
>>> GREAT on it. (My 19in CRT is also quite good for movies, just not as
>>> smooth)
>>
>>
>>
>> There is either a typo in here, or you have a really long, thin screen.
>>
>> -Lumina Dragon
>
> It may have been designed by Bloddy Stupid Johnson.
>
> PIBBUR
I KNOW HIM AS BLOODY STUPID JOHNSON

Oh, sorry. I'm not very goode at wrytinge.

pibbur

 

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Samurai wrote:

> http://custurd.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/

Not bad!

Here's one for Ashi (if you're still around):
http://www2.b3ta.com/singing-kitten/

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Words to the wise, Ashikaga <citizenashi@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Eek! Cape Dweller wrote:
><snip>
>> Yeah, some day the kids will stand gape-jawed when I tell them I spent
>> $150 for a 250GB HD. ("But you can buy a terabyte flash drive at the
>> dollar store!")
>
>I still remember it that my cousin's computer was like 8 MHz on Turbo mode
>(anybody still remember turbo button on your computer case?).

Yep. North and South was only playable with turbo turned off.

 

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Claus Dragon wrote:

> Words to the wise, Ashikaga <citizenashi@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>Eek! Cape Dweller wrote:
>><snip>
>>> Yeah, some day the kids will stand gape-jawed when I tell them I spent
>>> $150 for a 250GB HD. ("But you can buy a terabyte flash drive at the
>>> dollar store!")
>>
>>I still remember it that my cousin's computer was like 8 MHz on Turbo mode
>>(anybody still remember turbo button on your computer case?).
>
> Yep. North and South was only playable with turbo turned off.

And the Ultima 6 sound system would only work without the turbo mode
(on 486s, anyway). I still say that the effects were tuned for 6MHz

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With a deafening roar and a whoosh of spray, pibbur swings about and
addresses the awaiting newsgroup...

>> It may have been designed by Bloddy Stupid Johnson.
>>
>> PIBBUR
> I KNOW HIM AS BLOODY STUPID JOHNSON
>
> Oh, sorry. I'm not very goode at wrytinge.

As good at it as BSJ and measurements?


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On Tue, 10 May 2005 07:33:18 +0000 (UTC), Paulon
<spampaulon@ultimainfo.net> wrote:

>With a deafening roar and a whoosh of spray, pibbur swings about and
>addresses the awaiting newsgroup...
>
>>> It may have been designed by Bloddy Stupid Johnson.
>>>
>>> PIBBUR
>> I KNOW HIM AS BLOODY STUPID JOHNSON
>>
>> Oh, sorry. I'm not very goode at wrytinge.
>
>As good at it as BSJ and measurements?

Is this some character on TV down there?

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Polychromic wrote:
> On Tue, 10 May 2005 07:33:18 +0000 (UTC), Paulon
> <spampaulon@ultimainfo.net> wrote:
>
>
>>With a deafening roar and a whoosh of spray, pibbur swings about and
>>addresses the awaiting newsgroup...
>>
>>
>>>>It may have been designed by Bloddy Stupid Johnson.
>>>>
>>>>PIBBUR
>>>
>>>I KNOW HIM AS BLOODY STUPID JOHNSON
>>>
>>>Oh, sorry. I'm not very goode at wrytinge.
>>
>>As good at it as BSJ and measurements?
>
>
> Is this some character on TV down there?
>
Bergholt Stuttley Johnson AKA Bloody Stupid Johnson, is a (in)famous
architect/designer in Ankh-Morpork, a major city in Terry Pratchett's
famous and very funny Discworld books. He had a problem with scales and
measurements.

- a saltshaker has room for four families
- his Collosus of Ankh-Morpork is stored for protection in a matchbox.

The reason for my reference to him was the ornamental fish pond he
constructed in the Patrician's guarden: 150 feet long and 1 inch wide.

You can find more about him and other Discworld characters here:
http://www.angelfire.com/ut/angusville/personalities.html

pibbur


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Paulon wrote:
> With a deafening roar and a whoosh of spray, pibbur swings about and
> addresses the awaiting newsgroup...
>
>
>>>It may have been designed by Bloddy Stupid Johnson.
>>>
>>>PIBBUR
>>
>>I KNOW HIM AS BLOODY STUPID JOHNSON
>>
>>Oh, sorry. I'm not very goode at wrytinge.
>
>
> As good at it as BSJ and measurements?
>
>
IN THE END, EVERYTHING IS MEASURED

(NO I'M NOT SHOUTING, PAULON KNOWS)