brucef@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Bruce FIngerhood) (08/19/88)
I have a question about GEOS. I find the resolution to be very
poor, to the point of being nearly unreadable in any of the smaller
fonts. The labels on the icons to be particuliarly so. I have found
this to be the case on my composite monitor; alos on a 1702; and even
an RGB monitor driven by a C128. Even the pictures of screen displays
in the ads look poor. I have come to the conclusion that this is
inherently part of GEOS. Has anyone come up with a solution to this?
Bruce Fingerhood
brucef@tesla.ee.cornell.edu
i demoedf@iitmax.IIT.EDU (ed federmeyer) (08/22/88)
I used to use GEOS all the time... The poor resolution you are talking about is not GEOSs fault, rather the C-64s! What I did was hook up a cheap ($60-used) 40 column color composite monitor AND a equally cheap ($25-used) 80 column green screen compostite monitor. This took a little messing around with RCA type "Y" adaptor plugs (available at your local K-Mart or Radio Shack or many other places) but the result was that I could have both screen showing the same display at the same time. When I needed color (for example in GEOpaint) I looked at one, and when using GEOwrite, or detailed pixel editing I could look at the nice SHARP green screen picture. Also, I used the VT52 program that came with my 1670 modem in 80 column mode which made access to alot more computer a lot more bearable! I hope this helps, I know it lengthened the usefull life of my C-64 by quite a bit! Ed Federmeyer
berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu (08/24/88)
It's more inherently a part of your limited display resolution.
Mike Berger
Department of Statistics
Science, Technology, and Society
University of Illinois
berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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