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From: boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Macintosh Color Display Clarity
Message-ID: <1990Nov19.075025.29273@world.std.com>
Date: 19 Nov 90 07:50:25 GMT
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strange@sprite.berkeley.edu (Steve Strange) writes:


>I recently got a Mac IIsi with the 13" RGB monitor.  I have been using an 
>original Mac, and then a Mac Plus, for over six years, and I'm noticing 
>that my eyes are a *lot* more tired after using the color monitor for terminal
>emulation or word processing then they used to be with the small B&W monitors.
>Don't get me wrong, this is about the clearest color display I've ever seen,
>but just doesn't compare with the resolution of a monochrome monitor, even if
>it's a tiny one like the 9" mac.

Pardon? The resolution of the AppleColor High-Res RGB 13" Display and the
compact Macs' internal 9" screen is exactly the same: 72 dots (pixels) per 
inch.

I rather noticed the opposite effect.  I've still not fully migrated to my
new color machine, and going back to the old one tires me easily.