Re: Thinking of buying a 5300 greyscale

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From: Michael Kary
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 00:00

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In article <shnst+-0307962106390001@lil-spiffy.chem.pitt.edu>,
shnst+@pitt.edu (Captain Entropy) wrote:

> In article <Pine.PTX.3.91.960703185729.13344C-100000@tattoo.ed.ac.uk>,
> Simon Stuart <sparky@tattoo.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2 Jul 1996, John Kestner wrote:

> > 
> > Yup. I certainly don't need colour for what I want to do and I'm not 
> > paying 400 pounds more just to get it.

> Color portable screens may be a favorite ego-boosting toy for corporate
> geeks who think their desktop presentations make the world go 'round, but
> it's just not necessary, or even that useful, for most purposes, and I'm

According to Dvorak, if I remember correctly (maybe it was someone else),
the rise of colour has been primarily due to its usefulness in viewing
pornography. So don't blame everything on the desktop presentation
maniacs!

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From: mkary@odyssee.net (Michael Kary)
Subject: Re: Thinking of buying a 5300 greyscale
Date: 1996/07/04
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