From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!wheatley
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Title: PC Monitor Persistence
Article-I.D.: inuxc.576
Posted: Thu Jan  6 08:09:40 1983
Received: Fri Jan  7 01:24:44 1983

Fired up a new IBM PC a few days ago, and immediately noted
that, when a screen is cleared, say when basic is run from the DOS,
that the characters cleared from the screen took some time to disappear
(about 2 seconds to fully "clear).  Is this normal for the IBM monitor.  I
understand this does not happen to other green phosphor monitors.

Given this is a trait of the IBM monochrome monitor, then how does one run
a dynamic screen program (i.e. games) without creating confusion??

Any comments on this subject are greatly appreciated!

Steve Wheatley, ABI Indianapolis
inuxc!wheatley