Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!decwrl!polyslo!vlsi3b15!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!netnews.upenn.edu!cps3xx!usenet
From: usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Advice wanted - Hercule or VGA paper white
Keywords: Cheap mono monitor, but needs more...
Message-ID: <6508@cps3xx.UUCP>
Date: 19 Feb 90 08:34:33 GMT
References: <2010@milton.acs.washington.edu>
Reply-To: draper@cpsin1.UUCP (Patrick J Draper)
Distribution: na
Organization: Engineering, Michigan State Univ., E. Lansing
Lines: 17

I bought an AT system with a Hercules graphics monitor, but quickly
found that very little software (other than strict text) ran on it.

My solution was to buy a very cheap Rennaisance VGA card ($140 brand
new), and a Goldstar VGA paper white ($110 brand new).

All my game playing friends were disappointed that I didn't get a color
monitor, but I have been completely satisfied with mono.

Try looking in Computer shopper for some really good deals. The prices
noted above were what I paid in November 89, so they probably haven't
dropped much since then.


------------------------------------------------------------------------
Patrick Draper      -     Michigan State University
------------------------------------------------------------------------