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- From: ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson)
- Subject: Re: Gateway CS1024NI = (!=) Mag Monitor
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.175746.12931@pool.info.sunyit.edu>
- Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
- References: <1992Sep6.213158.14626@news.acns.nwu.edu> <1992Sep9.010220.3250@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1992Sep9.120407.11155@newshost.unh.edu>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 17:57:46 GMT
- Lines: 49
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- In article <1992Sep9.120407.11155@newshost.unh.edu> pss1@kepler.unh.edu (Paul S Secinaro) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep9.010220.3250@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mrosen@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael Rosen) writes:
- >
- >I think there are two different monitors at issue here. One is the
- >older CS1024I, which is interlaced at the 1024x768 resolution. The
- >other is the CS1024NI, which does non-interlaced 60Hz 1024x768. We
- >have both models in the lab. As far as I can tell, the CS1024I looks
- >exactly like pictures of Tatung monitors I've seen in magazines. I'm
- >not sure if Gateway sells this monitor anymore, though.
- >
-
- Most people will probably be glad to know that this is my last post in
- this long, dragged out thread over Gateway's sources. :-)
-
- After reading the various posts and doing some looking around on my
- own, it appears that Gateway 2000 does, indeed, use MAG monitors for
- their current Crystal Scan line. They have used others in the past,
- such as the Tatung interlaced model and the Mag Computronic noninterlaced
- model, and other monitors that people have told me about but I didn't
- care to remember. The confusion all comes from Gateway's policy of
- putting their name on the outside and not making any significant changes
- to that name. I have seen "Gateway Crystal Scan" and "Gateway Crystal
- Scan NI" on different types of monitors, and not all monitors are created
- equal. Therefore, Gateway will have to live with the fact that good
- or bad, people will talk about a particular monitor and those statements
- will be applied to ALL Gateway monitors until they do something to
- differentiate their monitors. Something more than just changing the
- tiny model number located on the back of the monitor, because not many
- people feel like (or even think of) moving that bulky mass to determine
- the model number.
-
- Gateway further hurts itself by HIDING the manufacturer of the monitor.
- Looking through my Gateway 2000 documentation, I don't see Mag Computronic
- mentioned anywhere. It just refers to the monitor as a Gateway Crystal
- Scan (which, incidentally, is non-interlaced but doesn't carry the "NI"
- monicker).
-
- I know this does little to clear things up, but I'm sure it's better than
- the "name game" that Gateway is playing. Don't get me wrong, I like
- Gateway 2000. I'm just pointing out that the monitors change but the
- names don't and that people should make sure what they are getting before
- they order AND they should mention WHICH Gateway Crystal Scan they are
- talking about when they need help with one or want to complain about it.
-
- --
- Jim H.
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