From NEWS today in my home town..1980s computer controls GRPS heat and AC

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They are complaining about the Amiga being unreliable, but to me it seems the only parts that are problematic are external peripherals:

1. Mouse; replaced twice in 20 years (probably only needed a cleaning)
2. Monitor; heck, if they really can't get an Amiga compatible monitor, then any CRT or LCD TV with a composite in would probably work using the monochrome output of the A500 (it's actually pretty sharp compared with the A1200s colour composite mode).
3. 1.5 million?   Buy a couple more Amiga 500s, or buy a PC and run an Amiga emulator. WinUAE can use the PC's serial port (USB to RS-232 adapters are $3 each online if the PC doesn't have a serial port anymore).
 
Also, "1200 bit" modem?

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Did anyone notice the A2000 in the video is hooked to a Commodore 1702 (composite) monitor? This is the monitor is usually for CBM the 8-bit line. So obviously they are using the A2000's composite black and white video output.

Any TV with a composite input could replace that if it failed.

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YES.  And it really messes with my OCD.   :lol:

I wonder if that mismatch between the A2000 and the 1702 monitor was intentional?

I'm guessing that the Amiga's original 1084 monitor died and some uninformed person just went on eBay and bought the first Commodore monitor they saw because they though any model would do.  Oops.  Oh well, at least it works well enough for their purposes (text display) - and those 1701s were better built than the 1084s.