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From: David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.hardware
Subject: Re: Monitor advice
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 22:04:43 +0100
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          Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:

> Monitor has died. Need a new one max width of body 21.5". Current AOC model
> is 23" diagonal.
> 
> I'm using a mini.m computer is monitor compatibility still an issue or is
> that a thing of the past?

Monitors have got much better at handling various refresh rates, and at
reading the monitor ID and capability info.  Video subsystems have also
got much better at generating different refresh rates.

You don't seem to see posts nowadays on the csa groups whining about
not being able to drive their monitors.

So I think it's pretty mush a thing of the past, as you say.

David