chute@dartvax.UUCP (Christopher Chute) (11/29/84)
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New to the PC (and Unix) I make the usual disclaimers about being naive.
Humour me please.
I have on order an IBM AT. I have not ordered a monitor or monitor card yet,
being unsure about the options. Can anybody advise me on a card/monitor
combo, gray-toned monochrome very acceptable, with terminal software
interface that would have the following trivial features:
o Very High resolution graphics (I don't know what this means these days)
o Tektronics 1040 emulation capability
o Clean, crisp alphanumerics
o Switchable 80/132 column capacity
o DEC VT-100 emulation capability
o Compatable with whatever is emerging as the standard PC graphics mode
(I assume Lotus-123 et al. define a defacto IBM standard)
I plan to use the AT for statistical analysis and to interface SAS/GRAPH on
the VAX from time to time. Of course I will post a summary of responses,
probably in tabular from (long live tbl). Thanks.
Christopher G. Chute MD MPH chute@dartvax
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Department of Internal Medicine and
The Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Hanover, NH 03755beaucham@uiucuxc.UUCP (12/03/84)
One possibility is the Hercules monochrome adapter. It offers 720x348 pixels
resolution, and there is a version which fits the AT. It is also very avail-
able and is offered by numerous dealers for about $500. There is a software
package from Hercules which supplies compatibility to most IBM monochrome
graphics/text functions ($100), and there is a program called PC PLOT-III
($95) from a company in Ann Arbor, MI which emulates, VT100, TEK 4010, and
accomplishes screen dumps for a variety of printers. So this is a low cost
solution, although with only 348 pixels vertical it is hard to call it "high
resolution". There are lots of monitors which are adequate for work with the
Hercules.
For high resolution monochrome you might consider the CSD Inc. 4-79 board
($995) at 1024x1024 pixels or their 4-111 board ($2000) at 2048x2048 pixels.
At this point you will have to be much more selective about the monitor you
use in order to retain this resolution--sorry i dont have any info on those.
C.S.D. Inc.'s address is P.O. Box 253, 12 Willard Grant Road, Sundbury, MA
01776 (617) 443-2750.
Personally, I'm more interested in a color system. There are many companies
which offer color display adapters, but so far the just-announced I.B.M.
Enhanced adapter and monitor (650x350 pixels, 16 colors or grey levels) sounds
like the best deal ($1300).
Jim Beauchamp beaucham@uiucdcs