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From: sysop@tlvx.UUCP (SysOp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: what is wrong with CBM?
Summary: Monitors and such
Message-ID: <195@tlvx.UUCP>
Date: 17 Apr 89 03:48:00 GMT
References: <8904130052.AA28103@jade.berkeley.edu> <8449@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: Temporal Vortex of Jacksonville, Florida
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In article <8449@polya.Stanford.EDU>, ali@polya.Stanford.EDU (Ali T. Ozer) writes:
> In article <8904130052.AA28103@jade.berkeley.edu> Shan Mcarthur writes:
> >I don't see why someone should pay ~$600 for a monitor that can't even produce
> >a proper video image!
> 
> $600??? For a 1084(S)? That seems a bit overpriced. 

This struck me as odd too.  It sounds like the author was referring to the
Amiga monitor to me though (which cost around $400 when I got mine 3 years
ago, if I recall correctly, and seems to be about $350 now).

Have I been using an Amiga monitor for 3 years without realizing that it
doesn't have a "proper video image"? ;-)  (Then again, after using a TV
as a monitor for a while, anything would look great!)

> happy with both our 1080 and 1084S; no problems ever.

[misc deleted]

> monitors have served well...  (Are we the only ones who think so, I wonder?)
> 
> Ali

No, I think the Amiga monitor is great for what it does.  I wish I could get
400 vertical lines without the flicker, but otherwise, it's great.

Recently, I've seen postings about mice going bad.  I still have my original
mouse, too, with no problems.  I like the Amiga mouse better than any I've
used on any machine (except for one, maybe).  The Amiga mouse does need an
occasional cleaning; like others posted, you need to take the dark stuff
off of the rollers (and even if you use mouse pads, you'll still need to do
this).  I remember seeing something in the manual that comes with the machine
which describes how to clean the mouse, so this is nothing new.

Disclaimer?  It's just my opinion....

Gary "I want a color laptop Amiga" Wolfe   ..!uunet!hite386!tlvx!sysop