The monitor chassis is a Sony CHM-9001-00, which sports their 10″ Trinitron tube. These were among the very best CRT tubes of the day, making it the type of module 1990s hacker would have been ...

Whether your screen is a domestic TV or a dedicated monitor, the heat and voltage stress of driving a CRT made these devices significantly less reliable than many of their modern-day counterparts.

The giant CRT was made by hand, eight times the price of the second-smallest 29-inch set Sony made, and Farquhar was unable to determine if any were still in operation or indeed how many were sold.