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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Big screens for Macs
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Date: 19 Oct 89 14:43:50 GMT
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In article <811.253c492e@csc.anu.oz> pte900@csc.anu.oz writes:
<I am interested in large (15 inch or bigger) screens for the Macintosh.
 
<What is the cost likely to be ?

The cheapest two page display I've seen advertised in the back of MacWeek
is a Megascreen for around $1000. Beyond that 1500 to 2000 is common. I
presume you are talking about monochrome. E-Machines has a 21-inch that
can be upgraded later to grayscale. I have a SuperMac grayscale. Radius is
a well-known manufacturer. A recent MacUser did an article on grayscale
monitors from which you could glean some information.

>Who sells them ?

Mail order houses even handle them now. See MacUser and MacWorld.

>Are they fully supported by the Macintosh Operating System ?
 
There is an occasional report of a glitch, but generally yes. Presumably 
an older Megascreen on an SE is causing a problem with background printing.
There are random pieces of text dropped during printing. Megascreen sent
"new" software but it was the same stuff we already had and didn't help.

You have to be careful when inquiring that there is a card for your Mac.
If you have a Plus, your choices are definitely limited. If you have an
SE/30 there are some limitations. For Mac II family, you'll have the
greatest variety to choose from.

Shirley