Re: Problems with Magnavox RGB screen

[johnlb@Primenet.Com (John Bowling)]

In article <4bg3fi$dm1@opal.southwind.net>,
Dustin James <texan@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:
>A fellow GS user has asked me the following question which I can't 
>answer.  Can anyone help?
>
>>A question on the appearance of the screen on my computer--the screen 
>>display has visible black lines alternating with the raster scan lines.  
>>Going back and forth from my Apple IIgs at home to Pentium box at work is 
>>making me sensitive to such appearances.  (Also my eyes are getting 
>>old.)  Anyway, is there a setting that will fill in the raster scan to 
>>provide a smooth background and more legible text?
>>BTW my computer is Apple IIgs, ROM 01, 5Meg RAM, Magnavox RGB monitor.
>

I have been using the Magnavox Professional since I got my GS.  It does have
tiny black lines running accross the screen.  There isn't anything I know 
of that will remove them other than to defocus the beam to the point that 
characters will be blurry also.

There are two reasons why a Pentium monitor will look better.  First, it 
has at least twice as many vertical lines on the screen, which reduces 
the black line between scan lines to half  or less.  Also, the design of 
new monitors has improved dramatically in the last 8 or so years, making 
any image look better.  Unfortunatly, very few of the new monitors will 
work with the GS.

John


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