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From: perley@mazda.steinmetz (Donald P Perley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: FlickerFixers
Keywords: Aren't they silly!?!
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Date: 4 Aug 88 13:42:20 GMT
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In article <2191@ihlpm.ATT.COM> jmdavis@ihlpm.ATT.COM (Davis) writes:


>Having priced flicker fixers at $550 I am wondering, "Isn't this
>a bit silly?" Reason being that the cause of flicker is the phosphor
>decaying before the scan comes around again to refresh it. The solution
>is to get a monitor with long persistence phosphors. Seems to me I can
>get such a monitor for about $550 or at least $900. Why $900, well
>flicker fixer plus monitor is about $900.
>
>What's wrong with the above arguement?

If your phosphor persistence is too long, it will screw up animation.
Moving objects will leave little "comet tails" behind them.  I think
it would be difficult to get a phosphor that stays lit up for 1/30 sec.
and then cuts out just in time for the next frame.



-don perley