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From: R_Tim_Coslet@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Stacey Display
Message-ID: <25107@cup.portal.com>
Date: 16 Dec 89 18:22:16 GMT
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Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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>	Has anybody had the possibility of working with the Stacey display? I
>heard that it is pretty bad and that it is better to wait for an upgrade.
>Is this true?

I saw it at a meeting of the local Atari Users Group (BAAUG). The display
is not "perfect" (but in this world few, if any, things are), but is quite
good for the price.

The only REAL problems I saw with it were...

	1) It is a little slow. If you move the mouse too fast the pointer
	   will dissapear. Also "rapidly moving" graphics will fade or
	   dissapear.

I don't see this as a problem (for my uses). You don't need to make the mouse
"fly", and most of what I use my ST for will not involve rapid movement.

	2) If the "brightness" and "contrast" are set VERY HIGH there is a
	   tendency for symbology below large white areas on the screen to
	   to be "dimmer" than symbology that is not below large white areas.

Again I don't see this as a problem (for my uses). The range of "brightness"
and "contrast" is more than adaquate... no one should have to set these
controls anywhere near their limits.

Depending on your intended use these may or may not present problems for you.
If these limits are unacceptable for you, I wouldn't recommend getting the
Laptop ST. For my uses, these limits are entirely acceptable in trade for the
portability (besides, you can still connect either mono or color monitors
to the Laptop for the occasional application to which these limits present
problems).

                                        R. Tim Coslet

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