Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!rice!uupsi!rodan!amichiel From: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: ds3100 gives me a headache Message-ID: <3828@rodan.acs.syr.edu> Date: 7 Jul 90 22:04:04 GMT References: <413@arkham.enet.dec.com> <25995@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen) Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Lines: 19 In article <25995@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> jac@zabriskie.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Gordo >In article <413@arkham.enet.dec.com> smith@clion4.enet.dec.com (Joe Smith) wri >>>> I used to use sun3/sun4 work stations. But now our department >>switched to ds3100's. ... most people who use the ds3100 regret the change. >>>>The main problem is the terrible display. For some reason, the display >>What model monitors do you have, and what sort of color scheme? I use >>DEC's 16" Trinitron and I love it. ... old 15" VR160 and it had some >>serious problems in my opinion > My VR160 did not focus well (evenly) and caused eye strain. The new Sony >monitors are fantastic. > It is not a characteristic problem of all 3100's by any means. The really funny thing about all of this, and I keep hearing it over and over and over again, is that for nearly 9 months now, dec has been using the exact same monitors as sun, in a different case. The difference is noticeable, but the -sunn-ies- just won't give up. One review I saw swapped them, showiing the entire workstation but hiding the monitor box. When most of the sample could see the sun cpu, they picked what they thought was the sun monitor. When both were hidden or swapped back, the results were random. Funny...