[rescue] Old Monitors

[Robert Toegel]

Bill, you've got to hit the neck of the tube.  That's the weak point.  I
found out the hard way (don't ask).

Bob

On Feb 19, 2018 6:07 PM, "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 05:04:40PM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>
>> The last Sun CRT monitor I had was a 90D10 that I gave away to a
>> hobbyist who wanted to use it in a homebuilt flight simulator.  Before
>> that, I had about four or five 20D10s that gave up the ghost one by one.
>>
>
> In 2004 and then in 2013 or so, we tossed out SO MANY 20" CRTs, both Sun
> and
> SGI, at Halliburton because people wanted flatpanels instead.  We filled a
> full semi trailer each time.  Seeing the recycling guy *throw* them around
> was impressive - and the fact that I didn't see a single tube break or
> shatter.
>
> Bill
>
> --
> Bill Bradford
> Houston, Texas USA
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