From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 6 09:05:49 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id JAA15337 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 6 Feb 1995 09:05:49 -0800 Received: from styx.ibmoto.com (styx.ibmoto.com [129.38.252.14]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id JAA15331 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 1995 09:05:47 -0800 Received: from bartling.ibmoto.com (bartling.ibmoto.com [129.38.33.7]) by styx.ibmoto.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA07894; Mon, 6 Feb 1995 11:05:06 -0600 From: Steve Bartling Received: (bartling@localhost) by bartling.ibmoto.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) id LAA27432; Mon, 6 Feb 1995 11:05:06 -0600 Message-Id: <199502061705.LAA27432@bartling.ibmoto.com> Subject: Re: sup: Ok, I'm gonna do it. To: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com (Rodney W. Grimes) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 11:05:05 -0600 (CST) Cc: osyjm@schizo.coe.montana.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199502060140.RAA14207@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> from "Rodney W. Grimes" at Feb 5, 95 05:40:48 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 921 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > > > While all this is true, give me a break. A cheap crappy VGA card is peanuts. > > But a chieap crappy VGA monitor is NOT.. > > Cheap crapy VGA card: $ 40.00 > Cheap crapy VGA monitor: $200.00 > ------- Monochrome VGA monitors are available new for less than $75.00 and I regularly see new VGA cards for about $25.00. My Mono VGA monitor was purchased new for $39.00. Used cards and monitors can be had for less. Jeez, I hate to fuel the flames and add to a somewhat pointless thread here ... :-) But I could not resist. - Steve Bartling > $240.00 > > Cheap crapy MDA card: $ 7.00 > Cheap crapy MDA monitor: $ 85.00 > ------- > $ 92.00 > > Significant difference... > > > -- > Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com > Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD >