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From: jhs@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: OMNIVIEW vs. eyes...
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Date: 17 Jun 88 14:05:07 GMT
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Nick DiMasi writes...   [ My replies are preceeded by > ]

1) Does OMNIVIEW's 80-column display cause you significant (to you) eyestrain?
   (In my case, it usually does not.)
	> I've been using OMNIVIEW with a Magnavox Computer Monitor 80
	> (amber screen) for a couple of years now.  I use a light (amber)
	> background with dark letters.  The result is very easy to read,
	> except for a very small number of special characters that I don't
	> use very often.  I experience no more eyestrain with this setup
	> than with my vt100 at work, although the OMNIVIEW font is less
	> "pretty" than the vt100 font.  On other monitors, especially
	> color monitors, there might be some eyestrain.

2) If the answer to (1) is "Yes," has it been enough to stop you from using
   OMNIVIEW?
	> (not applicable - I use OMNIVIEW all the time for both word
	> processing and vt100 emulation.

3) If you have seen the XEP-80's display, is it a lot better, or only 
   marginally better?
	> Haven't seen it.  I have heard that it is a lot better, but then
	> again, I don't think it is anywhere NEAR as well integrated
	> into the O/S as OMNIVIEW is.  (Also, does it provide joystick
	> ports to replace the ones it plugs into?)

4) Do you plan to switch to using an XEP-80 someday?
	> Probably not, unless I find one lying on a street corner.
	> Considering the obsolescence of the 8-bitters, I'd rather
	> put my money into a whole new computer someday.  Meanwhile,
	> having 80-column word processing on the 800XL with OMNIVIEW
	> lets me take my time about selecting that new computer, which
	> almost certainly means it will be cheaper and/or better when
	> I finally buy it.


 -John Sangster / jhs@mitre-bedford.arpa