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On Fri, 07 Feb 2014 01:25:09 -0600, Califbill
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Our monitors were pretty stable tho.

I was writing firmware using VT-52 and DEC systems for a 6800 based disk
controller in early 1980. 4 systems and 8 disk drives could be connected
together. Was a few years before the monitors improved. Later I used SUN
systems for a 68000 based controller.

The only ones we had that were chronically bad were the "Element
exchange" ones in the 80s. They were not repaired, you just replaced
them. IBM cost was $39 each.

Not many went bad. Was just the nature of the beast, that was hard in the
eyes.