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Article #542About this Hercules business (Re: IS IBM UK STILL IN THE STONE AGE???)
From: Luc Bauwens
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 20:04
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 20:04
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About this Hercules business: 1. I doubt that to expect Hercules to write a driver makes much sense. They (Hercules) probably have stopped manufacturing those "Hercules Graphics" cards years ago. The cards that are still around are probably all cheap clones made in Taiwan. And drivers won't come from those manufacturers either. 2. Isn't it time for those folk who still use a Hercules to do themselves a favor and get a decent monitor? A GUI with a low-res monochrome monitor just doesn't make sense. 3. Sure, IBM doesn't have to write drivers for all the hardware around. But if their marketing approach were sensible, they would, wouldn't they? Luc B
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.advocacy Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!gumby!destroyer!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!acs.ucalgary.ca!bauwens From: bauwens@acs.ucalgary.ca (Luc Bauwens) Subject: About this Hercules business (Re: IS IBM UK STILL IN THE STONE AGE???) Sender: news@acs.ucalgary.ca (USENET News System) Message-ID: <92Aug31.200426.22661@acs.ucalgary.ca> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 20:04:26 GMT References: <1992Aug30.200246.8560@umr.edu> <liuyu.715220479@kramden> <1992Aug31.174717.16088@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta Lines: 19