[net.micro.pc] PC Monitor Persistence

wheatley (01/06/83)

Fired up a new IBM PC a few days ago, and immediately noted
that, when a screen is cleared, say when basic is run from the DOS,
that the characters cleared from the screen took some time to disappear
(about 2 seconds to fully "clear).  Is this normal for the IBM monitor.  I
understand this does not happen to other green phosphor monitors.

Given this is a trait of the IBM monochrome monitor, then how does one run
a dynamic screen program (i.e. games) without creating confusion??

Any comments on this subject are greatly appreciated!

Steve Wheatley, ABI Indianapolis
inuxc!wheatley