Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!lll-lcc!unisoft!gethen!farren
From: farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Rumor of new Apple video card & monitor
Message-ID: <674@gethen.UUCP>
Date: 10 Feb 88 21:04:53 GMT
References: <1031@coherent.uucp>
Reply-To: farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren)
Distribution: comp
Organization: There's Unix there in Oakland
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Keywords: Fred Barney Apple greyscale monitor video

In article <1031@coherent.uucp> dplatt@coherent.uucp (Dave Platt) writes:
>Briefly:  the monitor, code-named "Fred", is a 21" monochrome display
>supporting 256 levels of gray scale;  includes tilt/swivel stand, flat
>tension mask for reduced glare, and comes in a "reduced-size case" (whatever
>that means in a 21" monitor).  Resolution is reportedly 1280 by 1024.

Sounds rather fishy to me - 'flat tension mask' is technology developed
by Zenith for COLOR CRTs - monochrome CRTs need no mask, and use no mask.
Another one for /dev/null, unless otherwise confirmed.

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