NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/unix/sysv386/13568

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Path: sparky!uunet!ccorp!dsamperi
From: [e-mail] (Dominick Samperi - bond)
Subject: Re: larger/higher resolution monitors
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization: Citicorp, New York City
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 02:47:27 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Paul S Secinaro) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Marc Unangst) writes:
>>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (bill davidsen) writes:
>>>  Now, even if you spend the money for a very fine dot pitch, you will
>>>find that the human eye limits you, and you have to get very close to
>>>the display to read reasonable text. 1024 on a good 15 inch display is
>>>useful, but if the price were right I would go to 20.
>>
>>The major problem here, I think, is a basic misunderstanding.  When
>>you go to 1024x768 on a 14" monitor, you're not usually trying to make
>>the text smaller so you can cram more on the screen.  (Like I said,
>>usually.)  Instead, you want to keep the text about the same size as
>>you might use at 800x600, but have finer characters with a bigger
>>character box.
>>

My goal is to configure a PC at home with a 16-17" monitor so that some PC
UNIX running X windows that will support text and graphics that is at least as
clear as it is on a 16" Sony monitor that comes standard with a Sparc2 (same
aspect ratio, etc.). The Sparc configuration does not require the use of
a huge monitor yet the work space is adequate for work under X windows.

Possible on a PC?


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Dominick Samperi -- Citicorp
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