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Modernized CRT Terminal Anonymous 12/01/17 (Fri) 11:37:16 edb2ea No.13896266

Has anyone here used a monochrome phosphor CRT with a modern machine? Say, a monitor with a 9-pin serial/re9/rs232 cable with a more modern PC. Also, this will just be a terminal screen. Possibly with w3m images. Here are some options I've thought up. I haven't picked out a monitor yet.

VGA/serial adaptor

These adapters are common. Don't know if they would work.

CGA video card output or other period correct, oem matched card

Don't know how the fuck I would use this on a modern board.

Some other 9 pin display video output

Maybe there is an old PC with Core Duo or Pentium with serial display? I was born in '96, so I'm not too savvy on 20 year old graphics hardware

I know that the green Macintosh CRT's are pretty cheap and use a 9-pin, but the pin out is proprietary. Chime in if you have experience with these things! Am I over thinking this?

Anonymous 12/01/17 (Fri) 11:40:13 8fef7d No.13896273

VGA adapter should work

Why exactly monochrome?

Anonymous 12/01/17 (Fri) 11:46:35 f8127f No.13896292

Is it a vector CRT?

Gotta get that infinite resolution text.

Anonymous 12/01/17 (Fri) 11:52:44 edb2ea No.13896306

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>>13896273

Because it looks fucking cool. Hopefully lines and columns won't be an issue.

Anonymous 12/01/17 (Fri) 12:00:07 edb2ea No.13896318

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>>13896292

I would hope that a vector CRT wouldn't need additional work compared to a pixel CRT. Don't you lose infinite resolution when the screen is animated (ie, when the cursor is on)? Or is that just with specific models? <Pic related

Anonymous 12/01/17 (Fri) 17:22:21 90b909 No.13897431

You'd be better off making this thread on >>>/tech/ or 4/vr/

Anonymous 12/01/17 (Fri) 18:24:20 edb2ea No.13897765

https://endchan.xyz/tech/res/11831.html

Anonymous 12/01/17 (Fri) 19:06:06 fb1e72 No.13897977

CRT Laptop?

Anonymous 12/01/17 (Fri) 19:14:20 edb2ea No.13898023

>>13897977

Sure and a car battery backpack.

Anonymous 12/02/17 (Sat) 11:10:01 fd0749 No.13902530

>>13896306

hmmm… that looks good.

Anonymous 12/02/17 (Sat) 13:51:44 51f651 No.13902989

Read through the Vogons forum; someone has likely discussed this in the past, but people tend not to delve into novelty "lol retro" horseshit there, and actually use period hardware for more than instagram photos.

Anonymous 12/02/17 (Sat) 14:09:22 e6ab14 No.13903071

due to recent discoveries and innovations by vectrex fans, it's now possible to modify many CRTs (usually ones from the mid-late 80s and up) to change it into a vector monitor, a color one no less. Using a mid-2000's VGA display or other high linecount CRT would present a very nice vector image.