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From: joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Macs etc.
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Date: 24 Oct 90 22:19:10 GMT
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planting@cs.pitt.edu (Professor Harry Plantinga) writes:

> <901016.15214734.033391@CMR.CP6> <15198@cbmvax.commodore.com>
> 
> In article <15198@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave 
> Haynie) writes:
> > 
> > The A3000, as shipped, supports higher resolution than any Mac straight
> > from Apple.  There are a number of high resolution boards for the Mac, 
> which
> > is an advantage to those who need them.  And they do support more colors.
> > But they have no resolution advantage.
> > 
> > Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests"
> 
> Ooo ooo, now the disinformation is coming straight from Commodore!  Does 
> the A3000, as shipped, come with better resolution than my Mac II, with an 
> Apple 21" 1152x870x8-bit grayscale monitor and an Apple 13" 640x480x24-bit co
> 
> It doesn't come cheap, though; the total educational price at my university f
> 
> 
> ----------
> Harry Plantinga
> planting@cs.pitt.edu
> 
> However, 2.2 can be made to ignore the math co-processor (and thus will
> not fail if one isn't present) if you hold down the Command, Option,
> and Shift keys during the program's startup.
> 
> 
> Excel 2.2a, which has been shipping since shortly after Apple informed
> developers this s

ARGH! You should have read Dave's post more carefully! He said "straight 
from Apple" which means just any Mac with the standard monitor. You need 
video cards to get a higher resolution than the A3000. Just remember: 
It's not nice to flame a net.god.

-Joseph Hillenburg

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