NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #23/NN_1992_23.iso/spool/bit/listserv/edtech/2092

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Date:         Mon, 12 Oct 1992 13:33:05 EDT
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Subject:      RE: LCD panels
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In 1992 we bought a DuKane 800 integrated OHP and LCD panel for $1440 plus
cables and carrying case (educ discount price). It offers some color dif-
ferentiation (but not true colors), plus reasonably good clarity for an
inexpensive tool, but it does not support motion (either mouse or animation)
sufficiently well for classroom use.  Our Zenith MasterSport works well with it
(VGA cable), and it has cables also for CGA and Mac.  The latter, however,
does not work with anything less than a MacII (video output of SE/30, for
example, is distorted by the DuKane), so the dream of taking a portable
Mac into the classroom withthe DuKane has not materialized.

The DuKane weighs around 20 lbs and, while portable, is a lot to carry, along
with portable computer and class materials.  There are some models that look
and operate more like a slide projector (without the carousel) than an OHP,
and at least some of them (I think Apollo) are fully Mac-compatible also.
God luck in shopping.               Ted Mills, Faculty Resource Lab
                                    Univ. of Conn. <[e-mail]>