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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: OS cost component of workstatio
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Date: 13 Nov 90 02:22:00 GMT
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Why don't we see monitors that are 2048*1532, at 150 dpi?  Would the
radiation from the high-frequency modulators fry your brains?

Is there a problem with the physics of monitor phosphors?

I think it's time to shrink the size of pixels on video displays, to
provide better visual presentation.  Xerox once did a study showing
that there was a non-linear improvement in readability at 80dpi.  We
need to find out where the next threshold is -- is it 160dpi?


Don W. Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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