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From: jab@ingres.com (jeff bowles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Anyone tried E-Machines T-16
Message-ID: <1990Nov6.185857.20526@ingres.Ingres.COM>
Date: 6 Nov 90 18:58:57 GMT
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Reply-To: jab@crane.Ingres.COM (jeff bowles)
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In article <9202@aggie.ucdavis.edu> ez000453@pollux.ucdavis.edu () writes:
>Any one tried the E-Machines T-16 ? Got any cautonary tips or
>favorable reviews? Is it limited to just the 8-bit card it
>comes with or will other cards (24-bit or accelerator) work
>with it?

No data, but a comment about E-machines.

I have a "Big Picture" monitor on my Mac SE, and it's
supported only the SE and the Mac II line, with different
cards for each. When I called E-machines to ask if they
supported this monitor on an SE/30, I got a flat-out "no"
and when I asked about using the monitor on a Mac II they
told me I'd have to buy yet-another-card (at $600+) to
get it to work.

"What about the card I have on the SE? Will you take it
as part of the payment, or upgrade, or something? It's
useless to me." 

Their response was to the effect that I probably should
stay on the slower SE if I wanted to keep using their
expensive monitor.

I'd say that you ask a lot of questions about what upgrades
they support. Clearly, if you're talking about Mac II-line
cards, you'll be in a better position than I was....

	Jeff Bowles