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Re: Who here in Legoland has a Cable modem?
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 18 Sep 1999 17:37:16 GMT
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On Sat, 18 Sep 1999 17:21:13 GMT, mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller)
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> Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote:
> > floor and even the cheapest of new systems being able to drive them at
> > higher than 1024x768, I'm usually not too concerned with the 640x480
> > res.
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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. :)
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.
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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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| (...) 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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