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From: yuan@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Yuan 'Hacker' Chang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Stupid Wishes
Message-ID: <4100@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Date: 13 Jun 89 20:34:29 GMT
References: <16615@gryphon.COM> <17328@swrinde.nde.swri.edu>
Reply-To: yuan@uhccux.UUCP (Yuan 'Hacker' Chang)
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In article <17328@swrinde.nde.swri.edu> kent@swrinde.UUCP (Kent D. Polk) writes:
-In article <16615@gryphon.COM> richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
-
->Wait a minute, is this the Atari 620x200 noninterlaced "hires",
->the same thing that apple calls super-hi-res on the GS.
-
-Now maybe I'm wrong here, been a while, but it used a monochrome
-monitor and sure looked hires. Displayed 80* ~50 text. Greyscale
-looked fine also. It was the only thing about the ST that I envied.

	I don't see what the problem is.  The ST uses a seperate monochrome
monitor to get non-interlaced hi-res (640 x 400) without flicker.  If
that's an acceptable solution for you (that is, having to buy a seperate
monitor to use hi-res), go buy out and buy a long-persistence monochrome
monitor (either the NEC Multisync GS or any NTSC Composite).

-I have to work in an office with a large flickering fluoresent light. I
-have a 1080 monitor & colors are so washed out to keep flicker down
-that it looks really sick. I have things set so they are bearable to
-me.  Anyone else who comes in my office says "How can you watch that
-thing?  It's gonna ruin your eyes."

	I wondered if the flicker at 60Hz can trigger epileptic
seizure? 8( Anyway, the 1080 isn't particularly resistant to glare, and
the tube's surface is not dark either.  Something that enhances the
contrast (like a glare filter) will help somewhat.  If all else fails,
an umbrella over your cubicle will do that job (although I can't say
that your boss will like the idea 8).

-I'm just saying that with as many complaints about the 640*400 display
-as there have always been, I believe that Commodore should have looked
-into fixing it much sooner.

	Ditto.
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