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From: hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu)
Subject: Re: Monitor question
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Date: Thu, 16 Aug 90 20:42:06 GMT
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In article <1990Aug15.002221.13889@tippy>  writes:
>Service Merchandise has the Packard Bell Paper-white VGA monitor on sale 
>for $120. I was thinking about replacing my SM124 monitor with this. (It
>offers higher resolution than the Atari monitor.)
>Has anyone tried this? Can some of you techies out there tell me if it 
>will work? 
>Thanks in advance - roger

While the monitor may be have a greater resolution, the ST isn't going to
take advantage of it. (Unless you modify your ST with something like
Overscan or Hyperscreen, etc.)

In my opinion, the only reason to get a non-Atari monitor is if you're going
to get a multisync, so you can display all 3 modes on one monitor. And the
only reason to get a really slick multisync is if you've got some kind of
enhanced video that will take advantage of the better resolution. Otherwise
forget it, you're wasting your $$$.

(For example - don't expect wonderful things from an unmodified ST in high-rez
on a multisync. It'll probably look plenty sharp, but the image will appear to
be about the same size as a Mac screen. Yikes! Maybe things are different if
your multisync has auto-center & auto-scaling, I don't know. I just know that
the only reason it's worthwhile for me is because I use the overscan mode.)
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