ajf1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Allen J. Fisch) (02/22/91)
I am about to buy an A500 system under Educational discount and have a few questions: 1) I thought that Commodore started charging sales tax because you now receive the computer directly from the dealer's stock. My dealer says No, there still is a waiting period. Which is right? 2) I have seen messages here on the net that Ed prices are changing AGAIN soon. Frankly I was a bit peeved when I saw prices just WENT UP two weeks ago (who ever heard of computer prices rising?!). Have there been any rumors about the direction of this next price change? I'd hate to have bought my computer at its few-week-price-height. 3) How useable is the computer with the RF modulator and a TV? (I'm thinking of leaving my monitor in my dorm over the summer and taking only the computer home, using the RF mod. and TV, for those few months.) Thanks! -Avi Fisch <ajf1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu>
dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave P. Schaumann) (02/22/91)
In article <1991Feb21.213808.978@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> ajf1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Allen J. Fisch) writes: >[...] >3) How useable is the computer with the RF modulator and a TV? (I'm >thinking of leaving my monitor in my dorm over the summer and taking >only the computer home, using the RF mod. and TV, for those few >months.) Take your monitor home. The RF modulator is ok for looking at pictures and animations, and like that -- but if you want to do any text work, the picture is just too fuzzy. Unless you want to go to a 60x25 screen -- it might be almost bearable then. However, you'll probably still end up wishing you had a real monitor. Alternatively, you could get a cheap monochrome monitor for ~$100. >-Avi Fisch <ajf1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu> -- Dave Schaumann | Is this question undecidable? dave@cs.arizona.edu |