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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!bl2p+
  2. From: chameleon+@CMU.EDU (Bertrand Lee)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
  4. Subject: Warning about COMTRADE
  5. Message-ID: <IfN942y00WBNI_C=dV@andrew.cmu.edu>
  6. Date: 25 Jan 93 15:16:50 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: andrew.IfN942y00WBNI_C=dV
  8. Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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  11. Michel Pedrono(michelp@catwoman.csd.sgi.com) alerted me to the fact that
  12. the "Viper" graphics card that Comtrade features in its advertisements
  13. is not the Diamond Viper as they would have us believe but rather the
  14. Diamond 24 VLB, a much cheaper and slower card. The Diamond Viper has
  15. not been released yet. However, they do allow you to upgrade to the
  16. Viper for an additional $250. Caveat emptor..... 
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  22. |  Bertrand Lee                chameleon+@cmu.edu   |
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  25. "We are too proud to fight." -- Woodrow Wilson
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