31 Jul
2013
31 Jul
'13
5:07 p.m.
On Wed, 31 Jul 2013, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I saw the CGA text displays and thought I'd never
seen anything so
crude.
no worse than TRS80, other than trying to get 80 column (PC also supported
40 column)
The use of a coarse-pitch monitor really exacerbated
the effect.
Certainly!
ALWAYS use a B&W monitor (monochromatic RS170 compatible,
disunirregardless of phosphor color)
That gives usable text (for some levels of use), whereas most color
composite monitors had too coarse a pitch.
I bought an MDA and used it with a modified (to get
the horizontal sync
up a bit) Four-Phase System IV monitor.
Anyone remember Four-Phase?
I didn't have the skill to modify a monitor, nor the funds to buy a good
one, so all of my early machines were B&W composite monitors, such as
CCTV.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com