If anyone is interested near the end of live meetup, would be giving away the monitor together with its std power cable (will have to retain the VGA video cable for myself). It's a used Samsung SyncMaster 172N-Black 17in monitor; a description and review at https://www.cnet.com/reviews/samsung-syncmaster-173-review/
Turns out that the SyncMaster 172N-Black monitor was penetrated by something that gave it a too-deep-to-fix gash on its screen :-[ , so will be bringing along a used ViewSonic VX1962wm 19in monitor instead.
FWIW, should arrive at SoDoI before 11:30am at this point.
-A