djohnson@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson) (02/04/91)
OK, I started running my machine in interlace mode after 5 years. Does anyone have a decent color scheme that reduces interlace yet is easy to read? I have a filter that helps a lot, but my beige-ish color combo isn't the greatest to read, and there is still some slight flicker (I can't see it, but I can feel it :-). [if you give a color combo, please include actual numbers if you can] Also, if there are decent icons for drawers/disks, these would be useful. Everything seems a bit squished right now. Is there a way (or is it possible) to switch from 400 to 200 lines without rebooting? This would be real handy for preventing eye fatigue. -- Darin Johnson djohnson@ucsd.edu - Political correctness is Turing undecidable.
alex@bilver.uucp (Alex Matulich) (02/05/91)
In article <778@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave P. Schaumann) writes: >>OK, I started running my machine in interlace mode after 5 years. >>Does anyone have a decent color scheme that reduces interlace >>yet is easy to read? I have a filter that helps a lot, but my >I use the original colors, and just fooled with the contrast/bright until I >got something I liked. Also, I am using a monochrome monitor. (Mostly because >I want a hard drive more than I want color & sound). Original colors? Yuck! To each his own, I guess. I find that the easiest color combination to read is when the colors are set up something like Workbench 2.0. That is, color 0=light gray, 1=black, 2=bluish, 3=white. This gives black characters on a light background, and to me that's easiest on the eyes. >>Is there a way (or is it possible) to switch from 400 to 200 lines >>without rebooting? This would be real handy for preventing eye >>fatigue. >There is a program on Amicus (sp?) disk #25 called LaceWB that toggles >interlaced/normal mode. Unfortunately, it makes the system a bit flakey. >Which is to say, I get gurus after I run it (sometimes). But it works fine if you use WShell as your CLI shell. The problem is that LaceWB leaves the system in a "hanging forbid" state, which can cause flakey behavior. WShell detects hanging forbids and corrects them. No problem! I also use a program called SetLace in my startup-sequence which forces the 200-line mode to be rendered as interlaced. It's still 200 lines covering the whole screen, but you don't see the individual scan lines because 400 lines are being painted. Uses no extra RAM, and makes the 200 line mode a bit crisper. -- _ |__ Alex Matulich (alex@bilver.UUCP) /(+__> Unicorn Research Corp, 4621 N Landmark Dr, Orlando, FL 32817 //| \ UUCP: ...uunet!tarpit!bilver!alex ///__) bitnet: IN%"bilver!alex@uunet.uu.net"
bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce D. Becker) (02/10/91)
In article <16322@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> djohnson@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson) writes: | |OK, I started running my machine in interlace mode after 5 years. |Does anyone have a decent color scheme that reduces interlace |yet is easy to read? I have a filter that helps a lot, but my |beige-ish color combo isn't the greatest to read, and there is |still some slight flicker (I can't see it, but I can feel it :-). |[if you give a color combo, please include actual numbers if you can] Since visual sensitivity to flicker varies with color and intensity, you can profit from the selection of colors and brightness levels which minimize it. The human visual system is much lass sensitive to flicker at low brightness levels. Also, colors in the red region show the least flicker sensitivity. I set my workbench to shades of amber, and turn the intensity down as much as possible. This allows me to use the display for long periods without undue strain. -- ,u, Bruce Becker Toronto, Ontario a /i/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `\o\-e UUCP: ...!uunet!mnetor!becker!bdb _< /_ "Que es mas macho: moral fiber, o oat bran?" - lala