Hi Ray,> <<How long have TFTs been around?
>
> Good question! Pete's had one for about 2 - 2.5 years now and John Lewis
> have been using them at their customer points for about the same period.
> So, maybe 3 years tops.
Well, as a separate monitor for a desktop TFTs have been around for probably around 6 years. My Silicon Graphics 17.5" widescreen (1600 x 1024) is now 4 years old and I'm pretty sure that it was being made for at least two years before that. It was just prohibitively expensive! <G>
However, I had my first Notebook PC (a Toshiba) with a TFT screen before that and I was one of the last people in my company to get one. TFT type screens (and the preceding colour technology that was cheaper but less colourful) must surely be well over 10 years old now, albeit much of that time only on notebooks and (before that) Laptops.
> Still hoping to get a view of the Himalayas or Alps at sunset.
Got one of the Himalayas from Darjeeling somewhere, from our visit a couple of years ago ... oh, you mean in the Sim World? <G>
Regards,
Pete
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