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(...) Now that's an issue I'm not too concerned about. 5 years ago I could've accepted most people being stuck at 640x480. Now, though, with the price of 17" monitors having dropped through the floor and even the cheapest of new systems being able (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) How about the people who buy their spiffy new computer with a 17" monitor and 16MB AGP graphics card and run it in the default 640x480 16-color mode? Are you concerned about them? I bet they're a majority. :) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've worked with literally hundreds of brand new (as in I took them out of the box) systems over the last year. With the exception of a few Compaq pieces of junk, I've never seen one that ran 640x480x16 color out of the box. -- The parts you (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's good to hear -- I'm glad computer manufacturers are getting over that. I haven't been following PCs for the last year or so, but before that, it was utterly common practice for machines to ship running in default VGA mode. (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) "It's a Voodoo3, so I suppose I have to run it in 3 colours." Actually, my monitor is on the fritz and having little seizures, but it's an OK 17" set. I still run at 800x600, though--1024x768 is too tiny for me! I do love my Voodoo3, however. (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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