Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!pesnta!amd!amdcad!amdimage!prls!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!decvax!genrad!enmasse!maynard!campbell@DECWRL.ARPA From: campbell@DECWRL.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: 19 inch anti-glare screen wanted Message-ID: <11472@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 22:14:11 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.11472 Posted: Wed Jul 10 22:14:11 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 21:21:46 EDT Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 27 In response to the message about OCLI (Optical Coating Laboratories): I think the stuff is GREAT! It's basically the same stuff you see on good camera lenses -- magnesium fluoride, I think. Nothing I've seen can approach it for preventing glare and enhancing contrast. The screen is absolutely a FLAT dark dark grey with no reflections at ALL, unless you get off to one side of the monitor and shine a bright light at it. All DEC PCs (DECmate, Rainbow, Pro) used to come with OCLI stuff on their screens. Unfortunately, DEC decided it cost more than it was worth so they've switched to etching the glass (like IBM, bleah). Apparently the cost to DEC, even in the enormous quantities DEC was buying, was around $60 per CRT, which is steep. There is one drawback, besides cost: it fingerpints very easily, and you have to be careful about cleaning it. I like it so much I've just gotten used to not touching the screen with my fingers -- I use a pen to point at things on the screen. I wish some of the 3rd-party vendors of monitors would start using OCLI -- I'd love to get it on my PC/AT. - Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc., 120 Fulton St., Boston MA 02109 UUCP: {decvax, security, linus, mit-eddie}!genrad!enmasse!maynard!campbell ARPA: decvax!genrad!enmasse!maynard!campbell@DECWRL.ARPA