20 May
2024
20 May
'24
6:21 p.m.
On 2024-05-20 12:16 p.m., Will Cooke via cctalk wrote:
And you have Color VS B&W.
On 05/20/2024 1:02 PM CDT Wayne S via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
In the vt100, setup menu “B” had an interlace on or off setting.
I just looked it up.
That is almost certainly setting what type of signal is generated. Like a TV of
the same era, the monitor (display) portion doesn't care; it just displays what it is
sent. That is very different from a monitor setting that sets either interlaced or
non-interlaced.
Some reasons why you might prefer one over the other on the same screen: non-interlaced
would have a horizontal gap between displayed lines whereas interlaced would fill them in.
However, interlaced is more prone to flickering, which can be very tiring to the eyes and
cause headaches.
Will