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From: keating@rex.cs.tulane.edu (John W. Keating)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: 1024x768 Interlaced Monitors
Summary: No flicker on the Seiko 1440
Message-ID: <4013@rex.cs.tulane.edu>
Date: 30 Aug 90 15:39:29 GMT
References: <2955@mindlink.UUCP>
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
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In article <2955@mindlink.UUCP> a752@mindlink.UUCP (Bruce Dunn) writes:
>> jaz@icd.ab.com writes:
>>
>> I had read that you would encounter "slight" flickering when
>> running an interlaced monitor and card in this mode but did not
>> think it would be this bad.
>>
>> 1) How can anyone use this combination?
>> 2) Are some monitor / card combos worse than others ?
>> 3) Are people spending the extra money to buy non-interlaced ?
>> 4) Is it worth having 1024x768 on a 13" monitor in the first place ?
>
>     I am using an ATI VGA WONDER card with a Seiko CM1430 monitor which uses a
>Sony Triniton tube.  I can detect absolutely no flicker when using interlaced
>1024x768.  This probably holds true for the newer Seiko 1440 monitor.  I
>suspect that the secret is in the phosphor persistance more than anything else.

I have the 1440 and have no problems with screen flicker...  I'm also using
the ATI VGAWonder...  No problems except for the lack of a Win3 256 color
driver...

>--
>Bruce Dunn   Vancouver, Canada    a752@mindlink.UUCP
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