glennw (08/20/82)
>From uucp Thu Aug 19 03:21:47 1982 >From uucps Thu Aug 19 03:13:32 1982 remote from mhuxa >From uucp Thu Aug 19 03:02:17 1982 remote from mhuxt >From uucp Thu Aug 19 02:53:55 1982 remote from eagle >From floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!vicki Thu Aug 19 02:43:15 1982 remote from harpo Date: Wed Aug 18 23:29:46 1982 To: philabs!cmcl2!floyd!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhuxh!glennw Date: 5 Aug 1982 2010-PDT From: Dick Gillmann <INFO-PC at ISIB> Subject: Info-PC Digest V1 #3 Sender: INFO-PC at USC-ISIB To: Info-PC: ; Info-PC Digest Thursday, 5 August 1982 Volume 1 : Issue 3 Today's Topics: Amdek 300 More about graphics and games PC Clones Getting Info out of IBM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 5 Aug 1982 (Thursday) 0833-EDT From: PATTERMANN at LLL-MFE Subject: Amdek 300 To: info-pc at USC-ISIB I have been impressed with this monitor. Are you saying that it connects directly to the color card, while the IBM monochrome will not! What a win. I save about $190 ($350 (IBM) - $160 (AMDEK)), and only have to buy the color card. Great !! - Ed ------------------------------ Date: 5 Aug 1982 1002-PDT From: Randy Cole <COLE at USC-ISIB> Subject: More about graphics and games To: Info-PC Some more comments about games and graphics: I have read (PC Magazine, I think) that IBM has sold far more of the monochrome display + printer cards with the PC's than the color/graphics cards. This may be due mostly to the fact that the IBM-supplied monitor works only with the monochrome card and IBM thus is more motivated to sell systems with a monochrome card and an IBM monitor. If IBM ever starts to supply a color monitor this situation might change. I have the same display (Amdek 300) as Dick, for which I paid $137 (bought where?? - Ed.) driven of course from the composite video jack of the color/graphics card, and I am very happy with it. The latest PC Magazine I have (Number 3) tells on p. 27 how to hook up the IBM monitor to the color/graphics board but also says "the monochrome display will show minor distortions due to the different video frequencies it is designed for", whatever the heck that means. I think the arcade game makers will prefer the Apple and Atari markets for a long time, unless or until the sheer number of PCs gets too big to ignore. If I wanted to play good arcade games at home I think I'd spend $250 for an Atari 400 to use for nothing but games and buy a PC or whatever for real computing. After all, $250 or so is less than the price of a color/graphics card for the PC. Something like the PC which addresses a lot of memory would be a lot better for strategy and fantasy games than the Apple and I expect to see a lot of those. One could do some really good chess or bridge programs on the PC. Cheers, Randy Cole (Cole@ISIB) ------------------------------ Date: 5 Aug 1982 0952-PDT From: KUSHNER at SRI-AI Subject: PC Clones To: info-pc at USC-ISIB I have been interested in whether to get the IBM PC or one of its clones. I am compiling a matrix of characteristics, extras, software, and costs against the IBM PC, independent suppliers of items, and other closely similar computers. I will keep this under <kushner>matrix.pc@SRI-AI, if people can get into our system. In particular, does anyone know how close the NEC APC is? How compatible is software and especially hardware for the IBM PC. It says it will run MS-DOS, compatible with "most IBM PC software" [Popular Computing, 9/82]. Like which "most" not? - Todd Kushner ------------------------------ Date: 5 Aug 1982 14:33:49 EDT (Thursday) From: <abrams at MITRE> Subject: Getting Info out of IBM To: info-pc@isib This is a report of getting information concerning the IBM PC, with an assist from the manager of customer support at Boca Raton. About 6 weeks after first asking my questions I wrote a letter to Cliff Seeley, IBM, P.O. Box 1328, Boca Raton, FL 33432. Several phone calls to 305/998-6048 also occurred. About a month after sending my letter, I got some answers. The questions are less important than the method. Perhaps if enough of us write to Boca they'll improve after the sale information flow. - Marshall Abrams ------------------------------ End of Info-PC Digest ******************************