OT: Hardware Trade

[Armin Hartinger]

60Hz? That's just hideous! How can you stand that? Personally, I run everything at at least 100Hz for years now and anything below 85Hz
flickers badly!

-Armin

Jason wrote:

> Rick Rosinski wrote:
> >
> > I am moving and I have a couple spare svga monitors.  They are 15 inch, and
> > run excellent.  The brand and model is Impression III.  I was hoping to trade
> > these for some hardware, like good speakers for audio + a mouse (like some
> > middle-grade trackball), etc. etc.  If anybody wants them, and has some
> > hardware that you want to trade, let me know (and it isn't necessarily
> > restricted to speakers and mice).  I live in Tempe for now.  Let me know off
> > the list so as to not clutter the list.
>
> Since this is a Linux list, why not post the horizontal sync scan rate
> limitations, since thats really what will be determining what anyone
> on the list can do with them (modelines). They ought to be in the
> manuals somewhere.
>
> A Princeton Ultra75 17" monitor, sold as a 1280x1024 monitor, will do
> 1600x1200 no problem if you are willing to put up with a 55Hz scanrate
> (hideous for browsing the web cause of all the white backgrounds...)
> .. I run mine at 1440x1080 and a 59.1Hz refresh, which is just far
> enough away from 60Hz to avoid problems with fluroscent lights and/or
> any nearby TVs or other 60Hz monitors (60Hz looks way worse under
> those conditions... ).
>
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