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From: bryce@hoser.berkeley.edu (Bryce Nesbitt)
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Subject: Re: MacSac for Amy (Really Tramiel, LP monochrome monitors)
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Date: Sat, 21-Nov-87 14:12:35 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 21 14:12:35 1987
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In article <18477@> (Kim DeVaughn) relays Pete Jordan, who typed:
>
>> I listened to Sam Tramiel of Atari on the Computer Show (Nov 17).
>> He did a pretty good job except one comment that really bothered me:
>> He said that he considers the Amiga a good color machine but *not* a
>> business machine because it doesn't offer 640 X 400 monochrome mode!!

In all practicality he is correct.  Try and go to an Amiga dealer and
purchase a LP monochrome monitor.  Of the Bay Area dealers I talked
to most had never heard you could do such a thing, and the rest had
heard that it was possible, but could not sell me a monitor.

Sam Tramiel's presentation started out weak, but ended quite strong.
The 640*400 mode comment was at least doubled in effectiveness by 
the Commodore "I am the Amiga" commercial that was cut to a few
seconds later.  I believe the wording used by Sam was on the lines
of "The Amiga is an excellent machine, but at this time we see it as
a color only machine.  It does not have the high resolution (640*400)
mode of a more business oriented machine like the Mega.".

I'm mentioned it before, but perhaps it bears repeating.  Now would
be an excellent time for C= to take the lead and either produce a
simple, very low cost LP monochrome monitor (640*400) or recommend in a
mailing to dealers a source for them.  Salesmen making lame excuses
about why ProWrite flickers is *not* the way to sell computers.  The
1000*800 monitor is great, but at lot of people could be satisfied with
a cheaper 640*400.

[Ideally the monitor would have a cheap speaker and be externally adjustable
for overscan at 704*464.  I don't know about anyone else, but *I* am addicted
to morerows.  Thanks jimm, dale and anyone else who conspired to release
that gem! ]

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