home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ti
- Path: sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!uvaarpa!murdoch!COHEN@GOMEZ.PHYS.VIRGINIA.EDU
- From: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
- Subject: Vote for computer peripherals
- Message-ID: <0096717E.38DB1BE0@GOMEZ.PHYS.VIRGINIA.EDU>
- Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU
- Reply-To: cohen@GOMEZ.phys.virginia.edu
- Organization: Dept. of Physics, University of Virginia
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 19:42:24 GMT
- Lines: 37
-
- Who is the best in computer peripherls?
-
- I used to go with the conventional wisdom from the PC world, namely, I always
- tried to use-
-
- Teac for disk drives (TI used MPI and later Shugart full height drives, I think
- they also planned on Shugart half height DS/DD drives for
- their DD controller?)
-
- Epson for printers (the TI impact 99/4 printer was an Epson, same also for the
- IBM PC OEM'ed printer)
- Monitor- TI originally used Zenith (13"), then Japanese monitors for the
- scaled-down 10" size that we all know. Best monitor I have seen so far
- was a Zenith 14" composite+RGB 40-column monitor that somebody showed
- me. The Magnavox 8CM515 (or a similar combination of numbers, you
- know what I am talking about... the one Tex Comp sold until not too
- long ago) is of marginal display quality, I think, though its good
- price made it very popular.
- Cassette recorder- TI used GE.
- Hard drives- usual name is Seagate, I have little experience here.
-
- After discussing (and trying) some other equipments from other persons' systems,
- I think that Panasonic should be rated at the top. I was very impressed with
- their floppy drives and I heard only good words about thier printers. Their
- audio systems are also excellent so thier cassette tape playes are likely to
- be good. (I have used for a long time a Magnavox cassette player; for your own
- sanity I would strongly recommend you do not buy Magnavox even if it is $10
- cheaper!)
- BTW, Magnavox is the North American brand name of the European Phillips. I do
- not know whether or not the products carrying the European brand name are
- better.
-
- For future reference and for the sake of those who seek peripherals, would be
- interesting to relay your experience with peripherals...
-
- Sorry if this is too trivial a topic to post here :-/
-
-