19 Jan
2006
19 Jan
'06
12:17 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
I think you misuderstood me. My comment was intended to mean that it's
not a historical accident that the colour 6 looked brown on the original
CGA monitor -- for example that the phosphors used and the greyscale
setup gave that effect. There was a deliberate attempt to make the colour
look brown.
As to _why_, I can't say. I can only look at the scehamtics and tell you
what happens. I don't have a link to the brains of the designers :-)
-tony
I don't think this is a historical accident.
Wait a second -- while your explanation very completely explains HOW, it
does not explain WHY. Why did IBM go through all that trouble to turn
#6 brown?