Display Clarity
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Will someone please confirm or correct something for me?
The dot pitch on the Amiga 1084 monitor is .52. Right or wrong?
As I compare the display on my 80 column 1084 monitor to the display on my
friend's Goldstar monitor with a dot pitch of .39 (I think) he uses with an
IBM compatible, also in 80 column, text appears clearer and easier to read.
[I would have made the comparison with another Amiga system if it were
available to me.]
Am I correct that the clearer text is one benefit of the finer dot pitch?
via Whap! Al Benglen
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Al,
The dot pitch on the 1084 (dependng upon manufacturer — not all 1084s are
sourced from the same company) is between .39 to .41.
Displays on monitors with smaller dot pitches will be more crisp.
-sja
Al,
The typical dot pitch on a 1084 (there were several manufacturers
of them) is .40
You really need to compare different monitors hooked up to the same
machine. There are so many variables that can make text look "crisp" or
not that comparing the output on one computer/monitor combination to
another computer/monitor combination…whether they are side by side or
not…really is not a good comparison.
Just a few of the things that can effect visual appearance are:
monitor size
font
syncronization rate
interlaced or not
user adjustments on the monitor
colors selected
service adjustments on the monitor
output type (analog vs TTL)
circuitry driving the montior
etc.
Don
I had a 1081 monitor which was the fore runner of the 1084 and there were 2
models in the early days. One with .39mm dot pitch and the other with .43.
I've never heard of any monitor with a .52 dot pitch. I reckon you have
some duff info from somewhere.
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Pete:
I believe the .52 dot pitch may have been used back in the low resolution
days. If you use the old 5X7 dot matrix to make up a character, a display
8.2 in. wide will give you 80 characters.
It's not up to today's standards anyway.
Paul