Sometimes folks sell junked systems on eBay...though I think there are more with busted screens than ones with good screens and other problems.
I just was at Best Buy to check on other things, but it didn't help my wants for a new system. *sigh* Eventually. Just hope this one keeps chuggin'.
I know, I've heard that too. New LCD's are so expensive and I'm not going to spend $300+ on a Pentium II laptop and even find out it might need more. I feel kind up bummed since I did like to take it to my room or wherever and use it to work on my websites and role playing game before going to bed or whatever or even if I could sneak in a quick game of Diablo. B-) Well, maybe at some point with laptops in the $500 range, when income tax rolls along, maybe I can get a new one. I just want one so I can surf in the living room, don't want to make mom too lonely plus it is a great help when I run my Morrow Project and Twilight: 2000 role playing games. I don't want to spend a lot, just something to fill the bill.
I remember in the early to mid 1980's, some portable, laptop and "transportable" computers had red/orange plasma screens and one even had an electroluminescient (sp?) display panel. One computer at the time did, it was made by GRID Computers and the one with the yellow electroluminescient display went aboard the space shuttle. It also had bubble memory too. I do believe various militaries used it too and on one model it had a red "X" above the disc drive showing the soldier where to shoot to destroy the data.
GRID Compass - 1983GRID Gridcase - 1985GRID Gridlite - 1987
I remember when Mom worked for Halliburton (yes, that one), sometimes she brought work home and brought a portable PC home with her. Quite a few times, she brought home a Compaq Portable III or Portable 386 (I think it was the former, the III had a 286 while the 386 had the 386), but it had the coolest orange/red plasma screen.
Compaq Portable 386 (the III) looked the same)