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- From: wblock@rapidnet.com (Warren Block)
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- Subject: Re: Flicker Fixers
- Date: 24 Jan 1996 16:20:57 GMT
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- Stephen Rigler (steve669@big12.metrobbs.com) wrote:
- : Now I have a question about fixing screen flicker. Recently I noticed an
- : advertisement in an old issue of AC's Guide to the Amiga for a product
- : called the "Flicker Master" which is described pretty much as a cover to
- : reduce glare but it also reduces screen flicker in interlaced modes. The
- : only company they had listed which sold it was Hutchinson Companies in
- : Houston. I called them up and discovered that their phones had been
- : disconnected. So what I'm asking is, has anyone heard of this, does it
- : work, and if it doesn't is their another way to deal with screen flicker
- : besides purchasing a $200+ flicker fixer?
-
- Don't know if this is the exact one, but some companies sold a piece of
- plastic which cut down contrast, thereby reducing flicker. You can do
- similar things with screen colors (dark gray on light gray, say) or by
- adjusting the contrast and brightness settings of the monitor.
-
- I used PageStream 2 for a long time on a 15 KHz Sony monitor in 640x400
- this way. An Amber or flickerFixer board is *much* nicer.
-
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