Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!zodiac!anders@penguin From: anders@penguin (Anders Wallgren) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Will the real 72dpi please stand up? Message-ID: <10935@zodiac.ADS.COM> Date: 17 Feb 90 21:32:03 GMT References: <29613@brunix.UUCP> <1990Feb16.231217.27252@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> Sender: news@zodiac.ADS.COM Reply-To: anders@penguin (Anders Wallgren) Organization: Verity Lines: 16 In-reply-to: kanefsky@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Steve Kanefsky) In article <1990Feb16.231217.27252@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu>, kanefsky@umn-cs (Steve Kanefsky) writes: >BTW, I wonder why Apple downplays their monitors by calling them >"monochrome" when they're all capable of at least 16 shades of grey >and the Hi-res "monochrome" monitor can display 256 shades of grey >with Apple's card. > >Steve Kanefsky >kanefsky@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu Mono-chrome: (1) n. [monochroma, fr. L, fem. of monochromos of one color] 1. a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue (2) adj. 1. of, relating to, or made with a single color or hue. 2. characterized by the reproduction of visual images in tones of gray