[Novalug] incredibly stupid monitor

[Jay Hart]

Beartooth,

One question, are your PCs configured to automatically power off when the main
power is lost? Might I inquire as to the brand of UPS you are using?

Jay

>
>  	My 19" Acer 1280x1024 was dead yesterday morning when I
> got to my desk. The last Acer did that to me.
>
>  	I went to the shop for a replacement. The lady told me
> older computers often won't support wide screens -- anything over
> 1280. (I normally run at least three behind a KVM switch.)
>
>  	First off, how do I check mine for that? One of them is
> more than two (but less than five) years old.
>
>  	Also, the "square" ones -- if you can find one, at least
> here -- now actually cost *more* than those damn silly-looking
> granny-glasses double-wide monstrosities.
>
>  	But the monstrosities seem to be what the mass market
> wants, or what the local retailers think it does. Neither walmart
> nor officemax had anything else. What some makers call a 19"
> (diagonal) screen looks to be twice as wide as it is tall.
> Apparently people don't know enough basic math to realize they're
> getting *less* screen area.
>
>  	So I went back and bought the one I could. It's an ADI
> A905 -- and it neither has nor can take a power cord!
>
>  	It has one of those damn little transformer gadgets like
> a printer -- which is going to draw power even when it's off.
>
>  	In other words, it'll kill my UPS. It'll drain the
> battery even with everything shut down.
>
>  	How slimy can a POS be?
>
>  	And is it true that ViewSonic doesn't make a 1280x1024
> any more? There are certainly lots of them still for sale; but at
> viewsonic.com I did get 'We found "0" documents matching your
> query "1280x1024 lcd"'
>
> --
> Beartooth Gerontoflatulocrat,
> Cantankerous Codger
> I have hunted, and I have lived.
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