On 26 Jan 01 at 16:18, Day Brown wrote:
> Back in the mid-80's IBM came out with amber instead of green mono
> monitors. The original green seemed to match that of oscilloscopes,
> so perhaps that was deliberate, to offer the cache of a science lab.
> But with some fanfare, they announced that studies had shown that
> the amber, actually a shade of yellow, was right in the middle of
> the visual spectrum, and on a black background, produced text which
> was read faster with less eyestrain.
>
I use an 12" amber monitor for all my internet work: PMail for mail,
YARN for Usenet, Lynx for http and Minuet for FTP.
It is an exellent color to work with. Much better than a monocrome
VGA. No flicker at all.
You can works for hours without eyestrain.
I even used it with Win 3.1, and worked quite well.
I think than in several countries in Europe, amber was mandatory for
monocrome monitors.
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Alejandro Lieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Rosario Argentina
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