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From: miner@dino.cpe.ulowell.edu (Rich Miner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Another A2000 Question (LP monitor smear?)
Message-ID: <1767@dino.cpe.ulowell.edu>
Date: Wed, 7-Oct-87 01:18:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: dino.1767
Posted: Wed Oct  7 01:18:44 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 10-Oct-87 07:13:54 EDT
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Reply-To: miner@dino.cpe.ulowell.edu (Rich Miner)
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Keywords: LP, long-persistence, smearing?

In article <177@tahoma.ARPA> bakken@tahoma.ARPA (Dave Bakken) writes:
>Another A2000 question:  Is smearing a problem with a long-persistence 
>monitor on the Amiga (both with the stock Amiga and with a 68020/68881)? 
Long-persistence monitors _do_ smear.  It is noticeable with scrolling text
and animated objects.  For editing it is a decent solution, but is still an
annoyance.  I anticipate the arrival of better solutions, scan-doublers,
hires color graphics cards and hi-res monochrome solutions.

>Would it be noticable only with the fastest of animations, or most/all
>animations and even routine operations with a WYSISYG word processor or a
>paint program?
It is noticeable on most animations.  Word processors and paint programs, not
so much, but your mouse pointer will have a little tail.  

Smear vs Flicker?  I say purchase a multi-sync monitor and wait a few months.
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Rich miner@ulowell.edu  617/452-5000x2693  ULowell CPE Imaging Research Lab