Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!toto.cis.ohio-state.edu!pollack From: pollack@toto.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jordan B Pollack) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: buying laptops Message-ID: Date: 29 May 89 13:37:14 GMT References: <1007@cernvax.UUCP> <1541@cod.NOSC.MIL> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Organization: Ohio State Computer Science Lines: 30 In-reply-to: mball@cod.NOSC.MIL's message of 28 May 89 02:31:20 GMT Michael Ball writes: > Zenith screen is second to node... > just get Zenith. I can promise the screen will be adequate. Actually, I am extremely happy with my zenith (supersport 286), EXCEPT for the screen. It is deceptively advertized as a 640 by 400 (by 3) screen. But because of brain-damaged firmware in the display controller, only text can use this resolution. ******************************************************************** GRAPHICS PROGRAMS CAN ONLY ACCESS cga 640 BY 200 RECTANGULAR PIXELS! ******************************************************************** I thought it was just a matter of laziness, that they had not yet written a good driver for MSWindows or that Microsoft had not allowed for double-scanned adaptors. But I've spent several hours tracking engineers on the phone, and someone at Zenith finally admitted this. Both the Compaq SLT and Toshiba 1600 have better screens. The Compaq has a VGA 640 by 480 by 3, and the Toshiba 1600 has a EGA 640 by 400 by 4. However, Toshiba is disbarred and Compaq is overpriced... Jordan