Re: RESPONSE: What size is a 17" monitor really ? buyer accuses fraud. HELP!

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From: Richard Seymour
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 23:22

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In article <Co0L49.1IM@cnsnews.colorado.edu>,
Neil Collins <collinsn@spot.Colorado.EDU> wrote:

>> What *REALLY* is atrocious is tape drives that advertise 250MB when in 
>> reality is 150 w/compression.  
>   Yes! Just wait until disk drive manufacturers adopt this method for
>advertising... :-)

they already have... just yesterday i read an ad that said (in LARGE print):

     150/300* Mbyte disk drive  $179.

  in far tinier print:   * when using compression under MS-DOS 6.0

--dick

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