Bits_of_Magic@cup.portal.com (12/18/89)
Speaking of graphics modes, there's something missing on the Amiga, and that's a decent text display mode. I work primarily on an IBM, and when I switched to an Amiga for some programming I discovered that there is no acceptable display mode for editing programs. I get a choice between 640 x 200, which is not too bad but limits me to about 23 lines, and 640 x 400 which is completely unreadable because of the color combinations needed to eliminate the flicker. The Mac gets away with no text mode by using a nice crisp monitor, which the Amiga can't do because its video signal has to be NTSC compatible, and having slow text display, which is really annoying when you are editing a program and have to jump around a lot. The IBM just has a bunch of text modes, including 80x50, which is what I use for program editing. Some of the newer graphics cards go as high as 132 x 65, but in my experience that's too much unless you get a BIG monitor. ****************************************************************************** * Evan Robinson * * * * I believe in my tusks. * * bits_of_magic@cup.portal.com * Long live freedom and damn the ideologies, * * * -- Robinson Jeffers, _The Stars Go Over * * Sunnyvale, CA * The Lonely Ocean_ * ******************************************************************************