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From: phil@diablo.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: IBM 8507 monochrome vga monitor
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Date: 10 Nov 89 18:03:32 GMT
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In article <362@mlfarm.UUCP> ron@mlfarm.UUCP (Ronald Florence) writes:
|I would welcome comments or reports on experience with the IBM 8507
|monochrome vga monitor.  According to IBM's literature, the 8507
|display measures 19 inches diagonally, and is capable of 1024x768
|addressability with the 8514A graphics adapter, as well as the usual
|720x400 (text) and 640x480 (graphics) vga modes.

I talked to a dealer who advertised it. He said they were no longer
recommending it for the 1024x768 mode. Their suggested use was "for
teaching purposes" where you want a large screen so more people can
see it, not where a large screen is expected to provide high
resolution to one person. They were asking around $800 for it.  I
complained about the large gap in the market for high resolution 16-19
inch monochrome super VGA monitors and they said early next year some
new products would be coming out. 

I haven't personally seen it but would like to some day.

There's a company called Sampo in Atlanta which has a 20-inch
monochrome 256 shades of gray 1280x960 list price $1,149. I've asked
for literature. See the current Computer Shopper for an article. 

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