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> It was great when LCDs came about.

Once upon a time, I owned a 19" CRT that weighed less than a typical 17" CRT. Such good fortune. Still, I never did have the courage to carry my tower on one hip and my monitor on the other (and everything else in a backpack), so I guess it didn't really benefit me that much after all.

> most lasted upwards of 12 hours.

You're damn right. Imagine carting a CRT around and then only staying for half a day. Ha!

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I found these Coolermaster straps that enabled you to carry your CRT and tower with a handle. SO SO SO useful for lan parties.

These case straps were common too!: https://imgur.com/j41ZhIn

Pretty sure I still got that.

A lot of people also got into case modding and added physical LAN handles to their rigs (always called "The Beast"; along with Perspex and cathode tubes https://tinyurl.com/LANhandles ). Good times :')

The relatively poor man's version: the indestructable yellow or blue IKEA bag

I forget if they actually sold the blue ones back then. I remember taking a few yellow ones (that weren't supposed to leave the store)

We didn't have IKEA in Ireland until 2007 (and that was Belfast, I didn't have one near me for another 2 years)... LONG after my LAN days were done.

Ireland: land of the suspiciously (and accidentally) swole LAN partiers

Might as well get the metal trolley to go with that bag then. And their elastic band + hooks to hold stuff inside.

I use these regularly for big groceries, even the bag itself lasts years when the usual flimsy mostly plastic trolleys tend to break after half a year.

Ah... the dilemma of which CRT to bring?

- 'portable' old 14" for safety and ease of transport

- 'shiny' new 19" for showoff and ease of gaming

For years my monitor was a 22” Sony CRT which took two people to carry, which went with my to LAN parties. That thing was terrifying to carry down a flight of stairs.

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