Xref: utzoo comp.sys.tandy:1304 comp.sys.ibm.pc:27886 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-winken!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!botter!star.cs.vu.nl!msschaa From: msschaa@cs.vu.nl (Schaap MS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Is there really no better value? Keywords: TANDY PRICES Message-ID: <2393@draak.cs.vu.nl> Date: 25 Apr 89 12:43:40 GMT References: <1454@csm9a.UUCP> Reply-To: msschaa@cs.vu.nl (Schaap MS) Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam Lines: 14 In article <1454@csm9a.UUCP> japplega@csm9a.UUCP (Joe Applegate) writes: ... > >Compare this with: >IBM PS/2 model 30 package: >8086 - 8 Mhz (8086 has improved throughput over 8088) >VGA!!! ... This is nonsense. An IBM PS/2 model 30 has no VGA, but an MCGA. That's a big difference, because an MCGA is not EGA compatible. (very frustrating, when I can't run a program that uses 320x200x16; I 'only' have 320x200x256 !!)