swaaye wrote:I still have my 19" Samsung CRT from 10 years ago but I would never get another. I'm just waiting for a good reason to upgrade my main desktop's LCDs and then there will be a hand me down available and I will dump the CRT most likely.
Kinda the same here.
I got I think 4 or5 CRT's of varying sizes, from a 2001-build 14in, 'flat' 15in, 2x 17in and one 19in. The 2 smaller ones are in my attic, mostly because their small sizes makes them fit more easily without taking up much space.
One 17in is in my bedroom (the desk isn't large enough for the 19in, otherwise I would've used that one instead).
The other 17in and 19in are in reserve.
I have no intention of dumping any of them, until they break, at which time I reckon it'll be not worth the efford to find CRT replacements.
I also got a couple more "modern" flat screens, a 17in, an old 18in which seems to have some problems and a large 32in widescreen TV.
One more 15in flatscreen is in reserve. It's too small to be of any practical use but I just can't let go of it. It's image quality is pretty darn good! It's just that it's screen size is so small.
I used to have a 14.5in CRT (given away to a friend) and one 15in (lend indefinitely, it's screen quality seems to started degrading...maybe because of that little accident with that glass of wine it had years ago). The screen went all dancy for a couple seconds before I pulled the power cord, 🤣!
I like CRT's with older systems since they seem to support nearly any resolution which the older flatscreens have a lot of trouble with displaying properly (it becomes all pixely).
And about AT boards and PS/2, in my experience virtually all Pentium boards have PS/2 connectors while most 486 boards do not.
If the board is Socket 7, chances of it having a PS/2 port are pretty darn good.
I'm not sure about the availability of the PS/2 cables. Since I got plenty (pulled apart a LOT of AT systems years back and kept all the cables) I never bothered to look for more.
many boards made since, say, 1998 also have USB ports (may be non-standard in some cases) which should support any modern USB mouse, give or take if Windows drivers work properly.