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From: ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga)
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Subject: Re: Gateway
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Date: 30 May 91 02:04:36 GMT
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In article <13000012@hplsla.HP.COM> ericb@hplsla.HP.COM (Eric Backus) writes:
>I believe they still use the Diamond Speedstar with 1MB ram.  I have one of
>these at home in my Gateway 386/33.  It's a good, fast card.  It does a
>maximum of 1024x768x256.
>
True as of 2 weeks ago.

> I upgraded to a SONY 1304, and I'm
>much happier.  Keep in mind that 1024x768 isn't really very useful on a 14"
>monitor.
>
I beg to differ here.  Of course the bigger the better, but the Sony
1304 is very usable at high res.  I've  installed X386 in this machine
and I got used to xterm's small characters very fast.  I looks much
better than the Qume monitor (at 800x600) I have on another system .
The smaller dot-pitch truly makes a difference, and compesates a bit
for the small size.  I have also seen it running MS-Windows (also with a
Speedstar) and it really shines at 1204x768.   I suppose it is also a
matter of taste, and it depends on how confortable you are working at
close range to the monitor.