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From: jdb@mordor.UUCP (John Bruner)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: high-res text on Amiga
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Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 13:44:07 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 29 13:44:07 1985
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I am seriously considering the purchase of an Amiga developer's
system.  My intended application requires the display of a lot
of text on the screen; hence, I would be using high-resolution
mode (in black-and-white -- color is unimportant to me).

I have seen the Amiga, but so far I haven't been able to view any
text in high-resolution mode.  I have been reading the comments
in this newsgroup regarding interlace flicker, and I am concerned
that high-res text will be difficult or impossible for a user to
read for any length of time.  The fact that TextCraft displays
text in low-res tends to confirm my fears.

I am most interested in the quality of high-resolution text on
one of the standard monitors.  I suspect that I could find a B&W
monitor with a persistence suitable for my application, but it
would be counterproductive to rely upon a non-standard monitor
(few potential customers would have such a monitor).

If you have seen high-res text on an Amiga, I would appreciate
your remarks.  Please respond by mail rather than to this
newsgroup; if there is sufficient interest I'll summarize the
results.

(Comparisons to the Macintosh and/or Atari ST would also be
welcome.  I am familiar with the image quality on the Mac.)
-- 
  John Bruner (S-1 Project, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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