Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!husc6!m2c!umvlsi!dime!lee From: lee@quincy.cs.umass.edu (Peter Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: ds3100 gives me a headache Message-ID: Date: 5 Jul 90 19:23:50 GMT References: Sender: news@dime.cs.umass.edu Distribution: comp Organization: /u/zoo/lee/.organization Lines: 34 In-reply-to: davis@pacific.pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu's message of 5 Jul 90 16:29:23 GMT In article davis@pacific.pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu ("John E. Davis") writes: Hi, I used to use sun3/sun4 work stations. But now our department switched to ds3100's. In retrospect, most people who use the ds3100 regret the change. The main problem is the terrible display. For some reason, the display flickers and quite honestly after about two minutes I get a headache. I know other people who refuse to use the 3100's for this same reason. However, I hear alot of people talking about the 3100's on this newsgroup and others and no one complains about the crappy displays. Why? Is there a fix for this that we don't know about? I think "crappy" is a definite overstatement -- in many ways I prefer the DS3100 display, but they do have a lower refresh rate: 60 Hz, in fact -- the same as the rate at which neon lights flicker. That means that if you have neon lights on, you can get some serious interference between them and the monitor that can potentially lead to headaches. You might try using incandescent lights (or no lights at all) as an experiment -- do your headaches go away then? Thanks, -- --John bitnet: davis@ohstpy internet: davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu -- |- Peter E. Lee, Staff Assistant -| | Software Development Lab at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst | | lee@cs.umass.edu or Fuligin@umass.bitnet or (413) 549-6366 | |_ "Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems: A Growing Excited Company" _|