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- From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
- Subject: Re: New IBM Monitor Unable In OS/2?!
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <1992Dec11.170211.1@uwovax.uwo.ca>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 08:40:31 GMT
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- In <1992Dec11.170211.1@uwovax.uwo.ca> singer@uwovax.uwo.ca writes:
-
- >I have been looking at an IBM Value Point 486SX with OS/2, and the IBM
- >6319 Value Point monitor. Despite the advertising copy, what I see is
- >a fuzzy screen of about the same quality as any no-name monitor of
- >half the price. The man at the computer store on campus says that the
- >reason for the poor quality is that IBM doesn't supply proper drivers
- >for its own monitor, that possibly one can get better quality by
- >buying a new video card. This sounds astonishing to me. Is it possible
- >that IBM would put out a new system which is not capable of driving
- >its own monitor, or could there be some other explanation?--
-
- For those who don't know. The 6319 is a 15" flat screen monitor
- option now shipping with the PS/ValuePoint series.
-
- This is curiously interesting. I'll know for certain within the
- next week, as I have on order a 486DX33 system with the 6319
- monitor.
-
- I suspect that the sales droid is not being truthful. Fact, they
- probably don't know, and are just trying to make a save on the sale.
- I've not been impressed with the IBM monitors shipping with the
- PS/1 series, and I suspect they have the same problem.
-
- Difference tho, while the picture might be as bad as the generic
- monitor you might get with a generic PC clone, I'm willing to bet
- that the quality is much better. I.e. you won't need to replace the
- power supply after 6 months. I hope anyway.
-
- Again, I'll have a better opinion of them once I've sat down with
- it in my home and played with it.
- --
- sheldon@iastate.edu Steve Sheldon
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