[wellylug] Source for monitor?

Andrew Ruthven andrew at etc.gen.nz
Wed Apr 2 00:07:45 NZDT 2014


Hi Bret,

If you're happy with old school, I have Phillips Brilliance 19" CRT,
1600x1200 that you're welcome to have. Not sure if still works, it has
been in the bottom of my daughters wardrobe for a number of years.

Cheers,
Andrew

On Mon, 2014-03-31 at 20:22 +1300, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've got distance vision only until my eye surgeons are through with me,
> and I need a monitor to make text larger for a while (and then smaller
> but more of it later).
> 
> I've got a 15" T60/61 Frankenpads with VGA out and Dual DVI out of the
> docking station - but I'd just as soon stick with the VGA out.  It's a
> 4:3 machine, and I'd like a 4:3 monitor if I can get it - 20" or
> larger.  GPU is NVidia 140m or Intel 950 (two different machines).
> 
> I think Quad VGA is the larget size that can be driven, and I can
> reaearch to confirm.  I won't bother with XGA and prefer better than
> HD1080p (I know that's not 4:3, just saying...)
> 
> Any suggestions of somewhere that can provide such a monitor?  IPS would
> be very nice...
> 
> Thanks,
> Bret
> 
> 

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Andrew Ruthven
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