Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!eddie!uw-beaver!fluke!ssc-vax!bcsaic!paula From: paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: How to choose a new 386 UNIX PC... Message-ID: <15317@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: 28 Sep 89 18:47:50 GMT References: <645@visdc.UUCP> <16097@vail.ICO.ISC.COM> <648@visdc.UUCP> <535@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> Reply-To: paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen) Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle Lines: 28 In article <535@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: >[about low-cost ways to get 1024x768 VGA] > [...] Of course the cost of the monitor is so >high that the board is not the major consideration. Bill's right about high-res color VGA monitors. However, if you don't have to have color the price drops dramatically. I just picked up a Princeton Max-15 multisync greyscale VGA monitor for $180. (This was a one-time deal. The typical mail-order price for this monitor is ~$250.) Princeton says it will do 1024x768. I saw it running Windows in 1024x768 mode, but a barely noticeable flicker suggested the display was interlaced. The spec sheet says the max horizontal rate is 39KHz, which I don't think is good enough for 1024x768 non-interlaced. I need to add RAM to my card in order to test it out for myself. One of the PC magazines recently reviewed a bunch of monochrome VGA monitors. Of the bunch, only two were capable of 1024x768: the Max-15 and one other. The Max-15 has more features, but the reviewer liked the look of the raster better on the other monitor. Both monitors had list prices of ~$350. Paul Allen -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul L. Allen | pallen@atc.boeing.com Boeing Advanced Technology Center | ...!uw-beaver!bcsaic!pallen