ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) (02/20/90)
Is there a product that will allow a color monitor to be used (badly,
perhaps) as a monochrome monitor?
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L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo.
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ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) (02/22/90)
In article <3001@water.waterloo.edu>, ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) writes: >Is there a product that will allow a color monitor to be used (badly, >perhaps) as a monochrome monitor? > >-- > L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo. > ljdickey@water.UWaterloo.ca ljdickey@water.BITNET > ljdickey@water.UUCP ..!uunet!watmath!water!ljdickey > ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu There are several PD utilities that do this, none of which seem very robust (ie they make everything crash!). One commercial product that I know of, Omnires (sold through E. A. Brown Co. for about $35) also does it, and it seems to be more forgiving. It also give the ability to emulate a color on a mono (with grey scales, of course). Several different methods for both types of emulations are included, you are instructed to pick the one you like the best (dithering, etc). I would recommend that you get a real mono, as they are cheap (hell, you might be able to get a used one for $60) and they look sooo good (70Hz is hard to beat, best monochrome screen I have seen). -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------+------------------------------------- Mickey Boyd | "Nobody can be exactly like me. FSU Computer Science | Even I have trouble doing it." mail: boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu | - Tallulah Bankhead ---------------------------------+------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
pyr579@psc90.UUCP (Stephan Cleaves) (02/23/90)
Hello,
The are to my knowledge two such programs which allow mono vision
on an ST color monitor. The only one I've ever seen is Omniview, I will
say however that even though it is capable of many tasks, not all software
will work, and it certainly isn't near mono res. Why not just buy a mono
monitor, they are $200, and a Monitor Master switch is $40
This omniview package goes for about 60 - 70 dollars.
Stephan Cleaves PSC (pyr579@psc90.UUCP)