Re: Laser 3000

[neiderma@eden.rutgers.edu (Kid)]

>>Against the odds, I was successful in finding an ad for the Laser 3000
>>in a quick search while still logged on. Specifically, on page 94 of
>the
>>December 1985 issue of COMPUTE!. The company selling it was Computer
>>Direct (aka Protecto). Price then was $499, but that included the disk


OOOoooohhh!  Now I remember that machine!  I was *this* close to buying
one of those.  I had a Franklin 2200 at the time, and although it
was pretty much superior to all my friend's IIe's, the sound and CP/M
and RAM capabilities was making me drool.  Shame about Computer Direct
(aka Protecto).  They used to throw Apple II catalogs around every few
weeks, and then all of sudden they went PC and now they're ??????

I just checked my BBS list and I must have purged their name a long
time ago.  From last memory, Protecto/COmputer Direct BBS was in
Illinois and had a strong Christian bent.  Might want to search along
those lines to see if they are still around.

On another note, did anyone remember when the first Laser 128's
were being reviewed?  There was some mention of them being able to
display something like 560x240 in DHR mode.  I never saw anything
else about it, though.