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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: 1024x768 mono VGA
Message-ID: <1990Nov29.204719.9322@amd.com>
Date: 29 Nov 90 20:47:19 GMT
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rmf@bpdsun1.uucp (Rob Finley) writes:

>In article <1990Nov26.205829.14362@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>>Have you looked at the IBM 8517? 19 inch monochrome, 1024x768.
>>I saw it at a trade show. Ask IBM about it, I don't know any more.

>I keep seeing the IBM 8507 19" in Computer Shopper and it seems reasonable

You could be right about the part number being 8507. I really don't
remember.

>at about $700 or so.  I have one question:  does anyone have specs on this
>beast?  Will it do 60hz vertical and 45Khz horizontal?

I don't think so. I believe it was 8514 timing compatible.

>When you saw it, did it look ok?  Fuzzy around the corners?  wiggle?
>Was the front of the tube reasonably flat?

Looked ok to me. Where you're going to get a VGA card that can drive
it with reasonable Windows performance is beyond me.

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