Re: Thinking of buying a 5300 greyscale

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From: Gary Hetherington
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 00:00

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In article <4qbton$kqc@agate.berkeley.edu>, parr@patmos.CS.Berkeley.EDU
(Ron Parr) wrote:

> I see two main problems with the 5300 series:
> 
> 1.  Manufacturing defects:  bad (crash prone) motherboards, cracked
> cases, loose power connectors, etc.
> 
> 2.  Poor video out:  slow performance, poor output quality.
> 
> The first can be fixed.  The slow performance on the video is a design
> problem, but I'm hoping that the poor quality of the output can be fixed.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ron Parr                                       email: parr@cs.berkeley.edu   
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The question I have is how do we know if we have a slow or faulty 5300.  I
have a 5300 and since the latest update it runs well but as I have no
point of reference, how do I know if it is up to par.

Gary

-- 
There is only one direction...forward!

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From: Gary_Hetherington@mindlink.bc.ca (Gary Hetherington)
Subject: Re: Thinking of buying a 5300 greyscale
Date: 1996/06/20
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