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0 pointsbsenftner4y ago0 comments

I have four 4K screens, and it is heaven. I got spoiled early in my career by a Unix system that had a greyscale newspaper layout monitor in the early 90's. That monitor could crispy display an unfolded two page newspaper layout with space on the left and right for tool/editing interfaces. For a while, 4K monitors were landing right near US $300, so I got 4 over a period of months. Simply being able to array references around my work, with space to spare for communication and music interfaces. It is lovely to hit stride and before I know it the day is over, and a ton of work accomplished.

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miller_joe4y ago

Do you recall the name of that monitor from the 90s? Sounds interesting

bsenftnerOP4y ago

It was a Sony News Workstation, with an IBM branded grey scale monitor displaying 16 grey levels at 150 pixels an inch. Total display was about 1900x3600, a bit larger than an opened two-page newspaper spread. It was a CRT monitor, requiring two feet behind the screen for the back of the monitor and quite thick cabling. It was a Unix workstation, used to author R&D CD ROMs, back when the CD ROM itself was R&D.

pySSK4y ago

Just in case you didn’t know, you can rotate any monitor 90 degrees and get the same layout.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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miller_joe4y ago

Do you recall the name of that monitor from the 90s? Sounds interesting

bsenftnerOP4y ago

pySSK4y ago

Just in case you didn’t know, you can rotate any monitor 90 degrees and get the same layout.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse