05-04-2014, 12:58 PM
Here me be double posting with some exciting acquisitions and a bit of musing regarding my retro PC project.
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Yeah, I'm sort of bored at the moment, even though I'm converting an audio tape to MP3.
Firstly... I acquired a different flat-panel monitor for Audrey. It's an eMachines E19T5W from 2007. I picked it up in good shape at a garage sale today for just $10, and I couldn't pass up a good deal. All it needed was a good dusting and cleaning of the LCD, and all is well. It was originally going to be the secondary monitor for Audrey, but I re-evaluated my needs and decided just to make the E19T5W my main monitor. Compared to her previous monitor, an HP S2031, the eMachines unit has a far brighter picture and text/details appear more crisp. The resolution is a bit smaller horizontally. The HP had a 1600x900 while the eMachines has 1440x900. I'm using the DVI input.
I also acquired more mundane PC gear, also eMachines branded. A keyboard for the Retro PC project as well as a pair of USB powered speakers for Audrey, which sound pretty good for what they are. I asked about the eMachines PC that came with these, but the lady told me the PC got "fried" somehow and they destroyed it.
To keep things from preventing from getting too long winded... the retro PC project musings continue in the next post.
Yeah, I'm sort of bored at the moment, even though I'm converting an audio tape to MP3.
Firstly... I acquired a different flat-panel monitor for Audrey. It's an eMachines E19T5W from 2007. I picked it up in good shape at a garage sale today for just $10, and I couldn't pass up a good deal. All it needed was a good dusting and cleaning of the LCD, and all is well. It was originally going to be the secondary monitor for Audrey, but I re-evaluated my needs and decided just to make the E19T5W my main monitor. Compared to her previous monitor, an HP S2031, the eMachines unit has a far brighter picture and text/details appear more crisp. The resolution is a bit smaller horizontally. The HP had a 1600x900 while the eMachines has 1440x900. I'm using the DVI input.
I also acquired more mundane PC gear, also eMachines branded. A keyboard for the Retro PC project as well as a pair of USB powered speakers for Audrey, which sound pretty good for what they are. I asked about the eMachines PC that came with these, but the lady told me the PC got "fried" somehow and they destroyed it.

To keep things from preventing from getting too long winded... the retro PC project musings continue in the next post.

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