wen_b@h-sc1.UUCP (alvin wen) (01/12/86)
All right, I suppose this is a flame. I've been criticized before for what I'm about to say, but I can't hold this one any longer. [Re: Amiga Text] >I have great difficulty considering a machine which can't display >reasonable-quality text without flicker anything but a sophisticated >games machine. I have seen text on both the 1070 and 1080 monitors, which most Amiga owners use. It is entirely stable in 80x25 (640x200) mode, and is a joy to read. I personally prefer amber on black text; this is particularly readable. Amiga text, while certainly not superior to IBM Monochrome text on the IBM green phosphor monitor, is easily in the same league. And Amiga text is far more stable, clear, and readable than text on the IBM color monitor, the Macintosh, or almost any other micro-computer level color monitor I've seen. I have not seen 520ST monochrome text; I hear it's very sharp. But please don't criticize Amiga text until you've seen it. Alvin Wen wen@harvunxu.bitnet wen%h-sc4@harvard.HARVARD.EDU
keith@ssc-vax.UUCP (Keith Nemitz) (01/16/86)
> is far more stable, clear, and readable than text on the IBM color monitor, > the Macintosh, or almost any other micro-computer level color monitor I've ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ > seen. I have not seen 520ST monochrome text; I hear it's very sharp. But Are you color blind by some odd stretch of the imagination? The mac's screen is still the most readable because of apparent resolution and fonts. Last time I saw an ST displaying fonts they were all clipped to 8x8 pixels. The amiga has fonts, but only if each application supports THAT KIND of fonts. Thank EA for IFF. keith A9F4