Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site mordor.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!mordor!jdb From: jdb@mordor.UUCP (John Bruner) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: high-res text on Amiga Message-ID: <4124@mordor.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 13:44:07 EST Article-I.D.: mordor.4124 Posted: Tue Oct 29 13:44:07 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Nov-85 01:19:54 EST Distribution: net Organization: S-1 Project, LLNL Lines: 29 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) MILNET: jdb@mordor [jdb@s1-c.ARPA] (415) 422-0758 UUCP: ...!ucbvax!dual!mordor!jdb ...!seismo!mordor!jdb