jrg@Apple.COM (John R. Galloway) (05/02/89)
Beiing about to buy a large monochrome display subsystem, I would appreciate any thoughts on which one to get. The leading contenders seem to be Radius and Apple. What are the differences? apple!jrg John R. Galloway, Jr. contract programmer, San Jose, Ca These are my views, NOT Apple's, I am a GUEST here, not an employee!!
knapp@cs.utexas.edu (Edgar Knapp) (05/03/89)
In article <29974@apple.Apple.COM> jrg@Apple.COM (John R. Galloway) writes: >Beiing about to buy a large monochrome display subsystem, I would appreciate >any thoughts on which one to get. The leading contenders seem to be Radius and >Apple. What are the differences? [..] Don't buy Radius if you will be using a second monitor as the startup monitor (the one with the menu bar) together with the Radius monitor. I had some horrible incompatibility problems (Word 3.01, Illustrator, Excel 1.5, LSP 2.0, etc.), which were confirmed by my dealer. He was fair enough to give me my money back. As long as the Radius monitor is the primary monitor, everything seems fine. I shudder when I think of how badly the Radius software must be implemented, if they are unable to anticipate someone using another monitor together with theirs. Also, Radius was most uncooperative in resolving the issue. I will never even consider doing business with them again. Edgar Knapp (knapp@cs.utexas.edu)
siegel@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel) (05/03/89)
In article <5437@cs.utexas.edu> knapp@cs.utexas.edu (Edgar Knapp) writes: >fine. I shudder when I think of how badly the Radius software must be >implemented, if they are unable to anticipate someone using another >monitor together with theirs. The quality of Radius' software implementation has nothing to do with their design principles, IMHO. The way I see it, they simply forgot to handle a condition which, frankly, is not a common one. But far be it from me to read the minds of their programming staff.... >Also, Radius was most uncooperative in resolving the issue. I will >never even consider doing business with them again. I must defend Radius on the grounds that I've had the complete opposite experiences with them. For all problems that I've encountered with Radius software or hardware, I've received quick service, good answers, and even some things that I hadn't expected, like free software and ROM updates. The Radius products I use both at home and at work, and they are definitely worth getting. --Rich ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rich Siegel Staff Software Developer Symantec Corporation, Language Products Group Internet: siegel@endor.harvard.edu UUCP: ..harvard!endor!siegel "She told me to make myself comfortable, so I pulled down my pants and sat in the pudding." -Emo Phillips ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~