13 Dec
2001
13 Dec
'01
4:23 p.m.
Mono CRTs are pretty easy to replace with minimal
setting up. Delta-gun
colour CRTs are another matter with about 20 or so presets to tweak :-)...
And mono CRTs tend to be fairly generic. If the physical dimensions
(Screen size, deflection angle, neck diameter) and the heater voltage are
the same, then it will generally give _some_ sort of display. And most of
the time it'll be a useable display. Sometimes you have to do minor
electrical mods to cater for totally different electrode voltages, but
not often.
Ahhh...my point was that it likely wasn't too difficult to
come up with a suitable green-screen replacement for the normal Lisa
CRT. Possibly for just the reason you state below. I opened up my
Lisa and it's CRT is actually made by Clinton Electronics.
This, surely depends on who you are. I know I find
green on black to be a
lot easier to read than black on paperwhite. Which is why I'm using a
greenscreen IBM 5151 at the moment.
Yes I can see where there might be different preferences
there, just like anything else. I myself like the black baground and
white text. I know people that prefer the red plasma displays, such
as on the IBM 8573, but I find them a bit too bright. I did find the
paperwhite displays a nice change from the green though.
Jeff
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