brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) (11/11/89)
Anybody have experience with really hi-res displays and SCO X windows? While you can display 1024 by 768 (super-vga) on a Multisync 3D and similar monitors, I assume the text would be just do darn small. Who makes the good bigger monitors that can handle this, and what should they cost? B&W (gray scale) is probably just fine, I assume colour is quite a bit more. -- Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473
terry@tah386.manhattan.ks.us (Terry Hull) (11/12/89)
In article <46314@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes: >Anybody have experience with really hi-res displays and SCO X windows? > No. And you will not find anyone who has experience with Xsight and high-res displays either. The reason is they are not supported. SCO is not even supporting 800x600. Standard VGA resolution is all you get. The next release is supposed to support 800x600, but I do not have a release date for that yet. I would be happy if I could just get the Xsight development system that I ordered over 4 months ago!! >While you can display 1024 by 768 (super-vga) on a Multisync 3D and similar >monitors, I assume the text would be just do darn small. Who makes the >good bigger monitors that can handle this, and what should they cost? Just make sure if you use the 3D and a VGA card that the card does 1024x768 interlaced. I have a 3D which is interlaced and a VRAM card which is non-interlaced. Needless to say, they don't like each other very well at high resolutions. -- Terry Hull Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University Work: terry@eecea.eece.ksu.edu, rutgers!ksuvax1!eecea!terry Play: terry@tah386.manhattan.ks.us, rutgers!ksuvax1!eecea!tah386!terry
caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) (11/13/89)
I have a Microfield T8 graphics board with a developmental Microfield X server and device driver driving a Mutisbushi 19 inch monitor interlaced. (I picked up the monitor cheap, that's why it's interlaced.) This operates at 1280x1024x8 (256 colors) resolution. Vallejho's Dragon Lady is just awesome on this beast (drgnldy.gif). A few things you should understand. IMO X on Unix et al must be able to provide the equivalent display power of several easy to read 80x24 screens. If not, X is just a toy and you will find yourself switching back to a readable text display to get your work done. If you go color, this requires a monitor with top flight convergence and an incredible number of pixels. For a 19 inch monitor, a 23 mm dot pitch might be sufficient. 31 mm dot pitch on a 19 inch screen doesn't cut it IMHO. Please note that I's not talking about the adapter's resolution here, I'm talking about the MONITOR's resolution here. You also need a display board that can do hardware BLITs quickly enough to make xterm workable. Turn on Xterm's scrollbar and see how quickly you can scroll with it. It really does work if your server can hack it quickly enough. Another impediment to a workaday X windows system is xterm itself. Xterm is designed for high res monochrome displays and has essentially no concept of color. This is not a good match for PC traditions which use dim, bright, and multiple colors on modest resolutions to express information. Even an IBM Monochrome display adapter has two colors, regular and hi intensity available to escape sequences. In X windows there is only one white, and it is really high intensity white. X needs an xterm that understands SCO's setcolor program. On a positive note, I got the Xlife program that drifted over the net recently to compile and run essentially right out of the box.