Xref: utzoo comp.sys.tandy:1296 comp.sys.ibm.pc:27832 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!indri!pikes!csm9a!japplega From: japplega@csm9a.UUCP (Joe Applegate) Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Is there really no better value? Keywords: TANDY PRICES Message-ID: <1455@csm9a.UUCP> Date: 24 Apr 89 17:49:04 GMT References: <1454@csm9a.UUCP> <2821@pegasus.ATT.COM> Organization: Colorado School of Mines Lines: 54 In article <2821@pegasus.ATT.COM>, psrc@pegasus.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm) writes: > In article <1454@csm9a.UUCP>, japplega@csm9a.UUCP (Joe Applegate) writes: > > (These prices are based on the price at the CSM Bookstore and thus represent > > an educational pricing... this is done SINCE I have no idea what the pricing > > for these computers is outside of the educational market and most Usenet > > readers are academics anyway!) > > Speak for yourself, Joe.-) Besides, what you're saying is that IBM > offers a much steeper educational discount for the package you're > interested in. > > > Tandy SL > > CGA graphics (ok... expanded CGA... whoopie) > >... > > IBM PS/2 model 30 package: > > VGA!!! > > Analog Color Monitor > > Nope. The PS/2-30 has MCGA: 320x200x256 colors (same resolution as > Tandy expanded CGA, but with a better palette), 640x480x2 colors, and > CGA modes. Yes, the text modes have fairly nice characters (*much* > nicer than a CGA monitor can display in only 640x200). You can add a > VGA card and use it with the PS/2-30's monitor. I stand corrected.... but the 30-286's that everyone around here is buying have full VGA... and both come with an Analog monitor... The Tandy requires you to buy a monitor! And as to their expanded CGA, it would be wonderful if there was: A> real software that supported it... yes, most Games now have a Tandy graphics mode, but no spreadsheets or graphics programs do... including Lotus, Grapher, Harvard Graphics, MS Chart, PC Paintbrush, PC Paint, GEM Paint, Ventura, AutoCad, Halo, or any other graphics program I have seen... Also graphics libraries completely ignore it... MS C, Quick Basic, Borland's GDI, etc... $2K+ for a game machine is a little steep! Is it any wonder that this school year alone our bookstore has sold over 100 IBM systems and 0 Tandy systems! In fact our bookstore has been trying to sell the Tandy Demo units it bought but can't get anyone to pay even the DEMO price! The only reason Tandy sells so well is theres one on every other corner... complete with a used car salesman that knows zilch about computers! But that's ok since most home computer buyers know less... (the Usenet readership, of course, should be more litterate than most) - Joe Applegate - ======================STANDARD DISCLAIMER============================ All views and opinions are my own and do not represent the views or opinions of the Colorado School of Mines, whatever they might be. =====================================================================