Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!nntp-server.caltech.edu!tybalt.caltech.edu!toddpw From: toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Monitor Moire Patterns (was Re: SCSI cards) Message-ID: <1990Oct15.004324.20441@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Date: 15 Oct 90 00:43:24 GMT References: <9010142019.AA20262@apple.com> Sender: news@nntp-server.caltech.edu Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 11 Nntp-Posting-Host: tybalt.caltech.edu I am pretty convinced that the problem has to do with the fine resolution of 640 mode and the dithered color 'beating' (in the same sense as an amplitude modulated sine wave beats) with the dot pitch on the color monitor. Monitors with a better dot pitch should reduce this phenomenon. My solution is to use a desktop picture and don't bother with the pattern at all. Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu