Re: Apple IIGS monitor replacement

[limtc <thyechean@gmail.com>]

I don't think that's the political reason as indicated, but rather a
choice in that situation. Considered the most popular platforms at
that time (I might get some facts wrong, this is just what I
remembered):

- Apple IIGS: support 640x200 resolution, color, no flicker
- Amiga: support 640x400 resolution, color, flicker like crazy
- Atari ST: support 640x400 resolution, monochrome, or 640x200
resolution, color, no flicker
- Macintosh: support 512x384 resolution, monochrome, no flicker

Higher resolution color monitor is very expensive at that time.

On 4月29日, 下午12时29分, heuser.mar...@freenet.de wrote:
> I remember reading that Apple didn't want to use 400-line
> monitors for the GS for several reasons (upgrade path for
> Apple II users, higher resolutions being reserved for the Mac).
>
> bye
> Marcus