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> On Thursday, 28. April 2005 04:57, Stephen McKay wrote:
>
>> Put me in the flashiness hating camp also.  I especially dislike the
>> Linux 60Hz super-eye-destroying graphical boot, which I have to go to
>> the
>> trouble of defeating as it is the default.
>
> With CRTs on the retreat though, less and less people care about refresh
> rates ... you'll probably join that camp at some point as well. :-)
>

WOOT!

 sorry Stephen, this one really caught me by suprise and i found myself
on the floor with tears of laughter.

Seriously Stephen, this is an RFC and your comment as important
as all of the comments recieved. Regardless.

BTW - I've been running 30+ servers thru a kvm to an NEC Multisync XL
for about 5 years now? A little investigation into this model
may be of interest to you.

-Chris

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