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In article <4rci2e$bv4@wraith.cs.uow.edu.au>, mjl10@wraith.cs.uow.edu.au
(Michael James Lawler) wrote:

> jak@asu.edu (John Kestner) writes:
> >In article <DtxI4M.EF2@exeter.ac.uk>, Ben de Meza
> ><D.E.de-meza@exeter.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> >> Personaly, I think you should consider getting a 5300 with a couler
> >> monitor. It only costs a bit more and having couler is a big improvment
> >> on graysyle.
> 
> >Not really, since you can get a 5300 grayscale for $1099 or so, and the
> >cheapest color 5300 (the cs) costs about $900 more. That's significant
> >savings.
> 
> Not really at all. Why make do with a pathetic little patch of screen, when 
> with a $40 cable you can plug your 5300 straight into one of them nice, big,
> expensive monitors that someone else owns.
> 
> I have a 5300 gray, and the screen is fine for most things. When I wanna do
> colour artwork I just borrow a colour monitor form a friend, or plug into one
> of the colour macs at uni.
> 
> Works for me. and its cheaper. also I have the priviledge of cracking the
> screen of my old duo 270c. nice screen. $3500 to replace screen though.
> anyone want parts for a duo? 270HD, 12M RAM, logic board, keyboard, case?
> 
> Michael.

Just out of curiosity, how did you crack the screen?  Drop it or something
more "sophisticated?"

Paul