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From: nsw@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Neil Weinstock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Better Graphics
Keywords: graphics display
Message-ID: <8538@cbnewsm.ATT.COM>
Date: 14 Jan 90 23:41:30 GMT
References: <343@vixen.uucp>
Reply-To: nsw@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Neil Weinstock)
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In article <343@vixen.uucp> joe@vixen.uucp (Joe Hitchens) writes:
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>Non-Amiga people I have talked to always say that the thing that turned
>them away from the Amiga was the display looked real cheesy-toylike-C64
>like.  And it does.  The standard WorkBench display is just not very
>nice by today's standards.  I go down to work and see my co-workers with
>their NEC multisync VGA machines and they have these super sharp, crisp,
>high contrast, highly colorful displays, and it makes me sick.

Just thought I'd put one word in here.  While I agree 100% that the Workbench
appearance needs serious improvement, it's absolutely amazing what a Flicker
Fixer can do in the meantime.  A 400 line Workbench screen through a Flicker
Fixer and Multisync monitor is really quite nice.  Admittedly not as good
as a full-color Mac II screen, but pretty darn good nonetheless.  Add your
favorite screen utilities (Dropcloth, Dropshadow, etc.) and you're doing OK.

If the Flicker Fixer was a bit cheaper I'd have one for sure...

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