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Article #23431Re: ADVOCACY: Falcon030 competes with '486dx-33
From: Harris Wulfson
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:16
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:16
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Warwick Allison (warwick@cs.uq.oz.au) wrote:
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} No. APPLE foces you into using there hardware. SCSI, RS-232, Centronics -
} all are supported [SCSI not on ST/STe, but they're old, and - like PC's -
} require an extra host adaptor].
}
} Anyone considering an Apple should look very carefully at this Apple attitude.
} SCSI-yes. The rest-no. Even all the cabling is non-standard, and quite
} expensive. The Apple StyleWriter is basically just a Canon BJ10e, but costs
} more, and can't be used on anything but an Apple.
}
} Even the Modem port requires an Apple modem... since it is RS-432 [or something
} like that - not RS-232].
}
Actually, there are a lot of third party companies making hardware that works
with Macintosh computers. I've seen many different non-apple moniters, modems,
printers, and scanners for the Macintosh.
--
Harris Wulfson
hjwulfson@unix.amherst.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!caen!nic.umass.edu!news.amherst.edu!hjwulfso From: hjwulfso@unix.amherst.edu (Harris Wulfson) Subject: Re: ADVOCACY: Falcon030 competes with '486dx-33 Message-ID: <C0rszJ.EAB@unix.amherst.edu> Sender: news@unix.amherst.edu (No News is Good News) Nntp-Posting-Host: amhux3.amherst.edu Organization: Amherst College X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7] References: <11656@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:16:30 GMT Lines: 29