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From: jerem@tekgvs.UUCP (Jere Marrs)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga with a small monitor?
Message-ID: <1275@tekgvs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 18:05:56 EST
Article-I.D.: tekgvs.1275
Posted: Tue Oct 29 18:05:56 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 1-Nov-85 02:39:29 EST
References: <213@telesoft.UUCP>
Reply-To: jerem@tekgvs.UUCP (Jere Marrs)
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
Lines: 35
Keywords: Mac, resolution, test
Summary: Amiga monitors

In article <213@telesoft.UUCP> dar@telesoft.UUCP (David Reisner @shine) writes:

>the Mac characters and icons look nice and dense - much more "paper-like".
>
	It's important to realize that the Macintosh monitor (Samsung) is not
your standard black-and-white monitor. It operates at a higher scan frequency
and has an extraordinary bandpass. Couple this with a high-quality character
generator and you have the Mac. You'll have to concentrate to see any flicker.

> The Mac has a much smaller screen than the Amiga, so a similar number of
> pixels total translates to a larger number of dots per inch.
>
	Comparing the color monitor to a black-and-white really isn't
fair. A pixel in color is three times the size of a pixel in a monochrome
monitor of equivalent bandpass. To get a color resolution equal to the
Mac's B&W resolution will require thousand(s) of dollars.

>Has anyone tried using an Amiga with
>	- a black and white monitor, large or small?

	Yes, the spatial resolution is much sharper and this is probably
the solution for text work.

>	- a "very high quality" color monitor?

	I just obtained a SONY KV-1311CR, and I can comment after I solve
the great cabling maze. Also, I need to take delivery of my Amiga.

>How does it look? 

	We'll see.
				Jere Marrs
				Tektronix, Inc.
				Beaverton, Oregon
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