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From: ugbowen@sunybcs.UUCP (Devon Bowen)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm
Subject: Re: 128 Monitor & 64 Printer questions
Message-ID: <627@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 9-Aug-86 18:24:43 EDT
Article-I.D.: sunybcs.627
Posted: Sat Aug  9 18:24:43 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 10-Aug-86 04:39:54 EDT
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Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science
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Keywords: composite, RGB, multiplan, Gorilla Banana printer

In article <2588@burdvax.UUCP>, ahr@burdvax.UUCP (Allan Rabenau) writes:

> 1. My son is about to purchase a 128 and 1571 disk.  He is unsure regarding
> what type of monitor (RGB or Composite) to buy.  Can anyone give us some
> guidance?  Also, does anyone have any brand recommendations or caveats?

RGB is really expensive. I guess the 1902 is running at about $320 now.
I bought a mono-chrome monitor and a color composite. Now I can use the
color for the composite signal (or a TV signal - I've got it doubling as
a color TV for my room) and the mono-chrome for 80 column work. So far,
it's working out great. You can get a mono-chrome for about $80 and a
color composite for about $150. That's only $230 total and you've always
got a backup monitor!!! I think it beats the 1902 any day. Oh, yeah, you
can also use them simultaneously so you can watch graphics on the color
and type the commands on the mono-chrome.

                                 Devon Bowen
                                 University of Buffalo