[GTALUG] First new home computer for decades - Raspberry Pi 400

James Knott james.knott at jknott.net
Fri Nov 13 16:09:48 EST 2020


On 2020-11-13 3:47 p.m., Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 10:55:40AM -0500, Giles Orr via talk wrote:
>> And let's not forget weight: a 17" CRT was 20kg.  They're freaking
>> brutal to move.  All that lead shielding and a huge glass tube ...
>> The death of the CRT is mourned by very few indeed.
> I got to use my dad's old 20" CRT at university in the last 90s.  36kg.
> Ouch.:)
>
> He had a newer 21" with much better resolution and refresh rate.

Several years ago, when I was setting up some computers in Queen's Park, 
some people were getting 27" monitors, but were in small offices. With 
the monitor in there, there was hardly any room to move!


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