Subj : Re: Forced registration i To : Frank Haber From : Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l Date : Tue Apr 03 2001 12:12 pm From: "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" It was better than the alternative! gs "Frank Haber" wrote in message news:3ac770ab@w3.nls.net... > Yes, there was a Sanyo that was the cheapest semi-compatible in 1982-3. I > think it was indeed about $700 stripped. I saw one running as recently as > four years ago, upgraded to dual 360k floppies. 2.5 Mhz, and the most > obnoxious, flickering CGA-ish video you ever saw - it made CGA look like > UltraVision. I get epilepsy just thinking about that machine. > > The cheapest you could get from IBM that year was a no-floppy 16k stripper > for $1100. > > -- > > -frank > > --- BBBS/NT v4.00 MP * Origin: Barktopia Gating Project http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) .