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I had two Octanes in the mid 00s. One of them got damaged by a water leak and the other I sold for £5. The 21 inch Trinitron CRT I had with it sold for £20!
by tonylemesmer 7y ago
I had two Octanes in the mid 00s. One of them got damaged by a water leak and the other I sold for £5. The 21 inch Trinitron CRT I had with it sold for £20!
- GordonS 7y agoHehe, I haven't heard "Trinitron" for an age! I remember saving for what seemed like an eternity, then buying a used (and only slightly defective) Trinitron from a friend's dad (who was a draughtsman) round about '97. I don't recall what size it was, but the point was it was big for the day, like 24" - it was so heavy that me and my dad could barely lift it! When we got it home, it bowed my wooden desk in a very threatening way, but managed to sit there for a couple of months before it finally broke through the desk!
- ianai 7y agoDid it survive past that incident? Those old crts are something else.
- GordonS 7y agoYes, no damage whatsoever! When I finally got rid of it round about 2010, it was still working as it always had. But it was hard to justify keeping that massive, heavy box around forever (IIRC, it was something like 40kg!)