[rescue] Old Monitors

[Peter Stokes]

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On 14 Feb 2018, at 01:09, Mouse <mouse at Rodents-Montreal.ORG> wrote:

>> People don't seem to understand (or don't care enough) that this is
>> how things become "rare".
>
> As someone who's dropped big heavy CRTs during moves recently:  I know
> exactly that's how the things become rare.  But, unfortunately (for me
> as well everyone else here), service to the hobby far too often loses
> to being able to fit everything into an affordable place.
>
> Seems to me there's a market - a small niche market, but still - for
> new CRT monitors.  Anyone looking for a business plan?

If I remember correctly there was also an environmental reason why folk moved
away from manufacture of CRTs, possibly to do with heavy metals or some such
reason?

Peter
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