Re: Second Sight SVGA Board Info (text onl

[agk@bbs.ausom.oz.au (Andrew Kingdom)]

philip@labtam.oz.au (Philip Stephens) writes:

>Yoshi writes:

>>I didn't say it COULDN'T support anything above {xxx}x200,
>>Nathan. I said w/ a stock GS monitor, it could only support
>>{xxx}x200 non-interlaced. This is truly lame, and will always
>>be.

>  Ummm, Yoshi...you _do_ understand, don't you, that this is a
>limitation of the GS monitor, and not a limitation of the Second
>Sight board?!

>>i've *NEVER* used 640-mode in my programming, and I never WILL.
>>It's just plain silly, IMHO.

>  Well, each to their own preference; I happen to like 640-mode
>better than 320-mode, because it doesn't look as blocky. I also
>find the aspect ratio to be easy to deal with, because it is more
>or less 2:1.  Plus I personally think text looks better in
>640-mode.  But that's just me :-)

>>Overpriced. I compare a lot of things to the PC market, be-
>>cause it's "the head of the flock."

>  You shouldn't, for the simple reason that the PC market is HUGE,
>and the GS market is SMALL.  Hence any company producing add-on
>hardware for the GS must charge more in order to make a profit.
>It's simple economics.
> 
>>Why would I want 132x60?

>  You mean to say that as a programmer you wouldn't mind having a
>bigger text screen to do your editing in?  Tsk, tsk, Yoshi :-)




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On screen modes:
Being an IBM PC programmer (as well as apple II, ...)
I have to say that Once you get used to using 640*4xx
graphics, going back to 320*xxx is like eating a pizza
with no sauce, covered only in pamasin (sp?) cheese.
(Ie: yuck). Well, admittedly, I do use 320 for speed
when needed. (BTW, I'm talkin about VGA here...)

also, 132*50 text mode is heaven for most apps.
when you go back to 80*25, it looks soooo fat.

just my $0.05 worth. (we don't have 1 or 2 cents in
Australia anymore...)
#8^) (agk@ausom.oz.au)