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On Wed, 06 Aug 2025 20:44:30 -0600, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

Where are you going to find the matching CRT monitor?

Fortunately, that's one obsession that I've never had. I was so glad
to switch from CRTs to flat-screen monitors. I know some people say
the image is (somehow) better on CRTs, but it's never seemed that way
to me, and the increased size and -more importantly- decreased weight
of flat-screens is a blessing.

Although I do miss having the flat surface of a CRT that I could use
to put things on top of. It's really hard to balance a beer on a
flat-screen ;-)


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On Thu, 07 Aug 2025 10:38:14 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 06 Aug 2025 20:44:30 -0600, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

Where are you going to find the matching CRT monitor?

Fortunately, that's one obsession that I've never had. I was so glad
to switch from CRTs to flat-screen monitors. I know some people say
the image is (somehow) better on CRTs, but it's never seemed that way
to me, and the increased size and -more importantly- decreased weight
of flat-screens is a blessing.

Although I do miss having the flat surface of a CRT that I could use
to put things on top of. It's really hard to balance a beer on a
flat-screen ;-)

*--

I don't want your new retro system to be tacky Spalls. It is all
about matchy-matchy. A flat screen would just not look right with
that box.

Think "garaminals". I thought that clothing line went extinct but I
just looked it up and it is still a strong line of clothing for kids
for parents with no taste and can simply just match a tiger shirt with
a tiger pants or whatever.

Besides, I thought you were an amatuer dumpster-diver and may have a
couple of CRTs in your warehouse :-)

-pw
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On Thu, 07 Aug 2025 09:25:12 -0600, PW
<iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

On Thu, 07 Aug 2025 10:38:14 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 06 Aug 2025 20:44:30 -0600, PW >><iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:

Where are you going to find the matching CRT monitor?

Fortunately, that's one obsession that I've never had. I was so glad
to switch from CRTs to flat-screen monitors. I know some people say
the image is (somehow) better on CRTs, but it's never seemed that way
to me, and the increased size and -more importantly- decreased weight
of flat-screens is a blessing.

Although I do miss having the flat surface of a CRT that I could use
to put things on top of. It's really hard to balance a beer on a >>flat-screen ;-)

*--

I don't want your new retro system to be tacky Spalls. It is all
about matchy-matchy. A flat screen would just not look right with
that box.
Think "garaminals". I thought that clothing line went extinct but I
just looked it up and it is still a strong line of clothing for kids
for parents with no taste and can simply just match a tiger shirt with
a tiger pants or whatever.

Heh. I'm fine with tacky. I'm always more about function than form. If
it works, that's the primary goal. Making it look good is an
afterthought.

;-)

Besides, I thought you were an amatuer dumpster-diver and may have a
couple of CRTs in your warehouse :-)

Oh, I see CRTs now and again. But I never grab them. One, their just
too damned heavy, and two, why when I can just grab that flat-screen
sitting next to it? ;-)

I am CRT free. My beige Win95 box plugs into a 40" LCD TV. I'm fine
with that ;-)

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On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 17:03:22 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

So, now with a clear view of things, I press down on the microSD card,
and <<SPROING>> the card shoots out, unerringly right through the
narrow gap of the open window and into the lot below. It's gone; just
gone. The springs on the tablet are, it seems, amazingly powerful. ;-o
All I could do was gawp, then hang my head against the window frame.
It felt like something out of a sitcom.
Such is my life sometimes. ;-)

As an aside...

I found that microSD card. Because of course I did. Only after I
bought the replacement, of course. To repeat, "such is my life
sometimes."

Anyway, don't ask me how it happened, but the 'lost' MicroSD card
ended up on the sill of the window the room over. Maybe it bounced off something? Maybe it was the wind? Squirrels? (No, wait; sunspots! I
bet it was sunspots; it's always sunspots!). Anyway, it managed to
wedge itself into the rail that window runs on. It's not a window that
usually gets opened; I only noticed it when I was on a cleaning jag,
opened the window, and there was this little red bit of plastic... the
prodigal storage device returned.

It still worked too, despite it having been out in the sun and rain
for almost a month. Not that I'm going to be relying on it ("worked"
and "is dependable" are two different things). But it was still
readable.

Honestly, MicroSD cards are just too small. I mean, the tech is
amazing; something smaller than my fingernail holding half a terrabyte
of data seems like black magic. But for a removable storage medium,
they're an incredibly shitty form-factor. I'd be happy with the
original SD card form-factor, if only electronics manufacturers
weren't stuck on the whole "thin is best" myth. Or, heck, imagine how
much data you could squeeze on something the size of a CF card
nowadays.

Still, I'm halfway tempted to try and remove my M2 drive from my
computer next to the window. Maybe it will fly out into the air,
disappear, force me to buy a new one, then reappear a month later so I
now have two drives. It could happen! ;-)


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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 21:17 this Friday (GMT):

On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 17:03:22 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

So, now with a clear view of things, I press down on the microSD card,
and <<SPROING>> the card shoots out, unerringly right through the
narrow gap of the open window and into the lot below. It's gone; just
gone. The springs on the tablet are, it seems, amazingly powerful. ;-o
All I could do was gawp, then hang my head against the window frame.
It felt like something out of a sitcom.
Such is my life sometimes. ;-)

As an aside...

I found that microSD card. Because of course I did. Only after I
bought the replacement, of course. To repeat, "such is my life
sometimes."

Having a spare is always good? Just remember to store this one properly
:)
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