glennw (08/20/82)
>From uucp Thu Aug 19 03:21:49 1982 >From uucps Thu Aug 19 03:13:35 1982 remote from mhuxa >From uucp Thu Aug 19 03:02:20 1982 remote from mhuxt >From uucp Thu Aug 19 02:54:04 1982 remote from eagle >From floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!vicki Thu Aug 19 02:43:29 1982 remote from harpo Date: Wed Aug 18 23:29:33 1982 To: philabs!cmcl2!floyd!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhuxh!glennw Date: 13 Aug 1982 2033-PDT From: INFO-PC <INFO-PC at USC-ISIB> Subject: Info-PC Digest V1 #6 To: Info-PC: ; Info-PC Digest Friday, 13 August 1982 Volume 1 : Issue 6 Today's Topics: Graphics Package Amdek Color Monitor (3 msgs) Monochrome Display & Color Card IBM PC Info (2 msgs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 12 Aug 1982 0906-EDT From: COHEN at RUTGERS Subject: Graphics Package To: INFO-PC at USC-ISIB There is a company in Oregon called GSS (Graphics Software Systems, I think) that is developing a software package for micros/minis for the GKS graphics system which they believe will replace the Siggraph Core standard. Their system is written in Microsoft FORTRAN, and will also include Textronix emulators. They are closely aligned with Digital Research, but will also support PC-DOS, and other OS's. Howard Cohen ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 1982 1328-PDT From: KERICKSEN at USC-ECL Subject: Amdek Color Monitor To: Info-PC at ISIB I understand that the Amdek Color Monitor II does not support dark gray. I called Amdek and they said that it is IBM's fault. Anyone have this experience? What would be a good color monitor for both color and text entry? Thanks, Karen ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 1982 2004-PDT From: Billy <BRACKENRIDGE at USC-ISIB> Subject: Re: Amdek Color Monitor To: INFO-PC I have an Amdek Color II RGB monitor. I was not particularly pleased with it when I bought it, but it seemed to be the only game in town. The IBM Color Monitor Board has has four signal lines: Red, Green, Blue, and Intensity. This is supposed to provide 16 colors. The interesting cases arise when all the colors are either off or on. If R,G&B are all off you still get black regardless of the state of the intensity bit. If R,G&B are all on you get Grey or White depending on the intensity bit. The essential issue with RGB vs. other modes of color is: How do you write programs that are attractive on all forms of monitor? Or should one optimize for the specific monitor one owns? Some of the free software I've seen has some really putrid color combinations. Either the folks that wrote them are color blind or they had their TVs out of align. In general I think color is a waste. High resolution is far more important than color, but color seems to be winning the battle in the market place. I'd love to do a system with windows etc. but perceptions are that only secretaries deal with text and executives deal with color bar and pie charts. The best thing I can find to do with color is to make menus easier to read. Of course this means you only get 40 characters per line, but I view that as a plus in human factors analysis. I think color is useful in a menu to enhance speed reading mode. If the key words are highlighted in a different color the experienced user does not have to read the entire menu. ------------------------------ Date: 13 Aug 1982 2007-PDT From: Dick Gillmann Subject: Re: Amdek Color Monitor Sender: INFO-PC at USC-ISIB To: KERICKSEN at USC-ECL, Info-PC One unusual fact about RGB monitors is that they continue to display color in Black & White mode. The Technical Reference Manual says that in B&W mode "color burst is not enabled." This apparently does not apply to the RGB output. A color TV or composite color monitor will show B&W but an RGB monitor will show colors according to the attribute set. (An attribute of zero is blue.) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 82 09:55:47 EDT From: englund at NBS-VMS Subject: Monochrome Display & Color Card I recently saw a reference here to an article in PC magazine about a way to connect the IBM Monochrome display to the color/graphics card, so I read the article and mentioned it to an IBM PC dealer. This is the response I got: "IBM has received indication that some users are trying to use the IBM color/graphics card with the IBM Monochrome Display. The IBM Monochrome Display is designed to run at 18.4 KHz horizontal frequency. The color/graphics card is designed to run at 15.75 KHz horizontal frequency. IBM therefore recommends that the Monochrome Display NOT be connected to the color/graphics adapter card since it may cause the high voltage power supply within the Monochrome Display to exceed its operating specifications This frequently causes damage and failure to the Monochrome Display AND VOIDS THE IBM WARRANTY." I thought that this may interest the users who have expressed interest in using the color/graphics adapter with the Monochrome Display. It is always a good idea to discuss modifications you plan to make with your dealer. The dealer is the primary source of customer support for the PC. ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 1982 2140-PDT From: KUSHNER at SRI-AI Subject: IBM PC Info To: info-pc at USC-ISIB, info-micro at BRL, arpanet-bboards at MIT-ML Has anyone got any information on the following IBM Personal Computer products: Qunix by Quantum Software Quantum Software's C and Pascal compilers APSTEK's 256K RAM board #AIM-256-01B IBM's Pascal compiler IBM's version of UCSD's Pascal system IBM's Macro assembler and any other C and Pascal compilers and Unix-like operating systems for the IBM PC. ------------------------------ Date: 13 Aug 1982 9:14:16 EDT (Friday) From: Martin Schoffstall <schoff at MINET-FRKEM> Subject: Re: IBM PC info To: KUSHNER at Sri-Ai I have access to the PASCAL compiler (IBM) so if you have questions concerning something in the documentation I can find out. I haven't used it yet but from what I have been told it is a three pass compiler using three disks. schoff at bbn-unix ------------------------------ End of Info-PC Digest ********************* -------