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Date:	Sun, 23 Sep 2001 22:59:26 PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Can I use a 19' monitor?

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jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net wrote:
>
> I am considering replacing this monitor with a
> 19" ViewSonic and running it at 1280x1024x256
> or the next higher resolution and 256 colors
> because these eyes are wearing out
>
> Will I have any problems running the larger
> monitor at the resolutions I am thinking of?

Jack,

Increasing the resolution makes things *smaller*. If you increase your
resolution from 800 to 1280 then everything on the screen will be 60%
*smaller*, and increasing your monitor from 15" to 19" will only make it
27% bigger so it will still be considerably smaller than it is right
now.

If you want bigger images and bigger text, get a large fresnel lens
specifically made for computer monitors and put it in front of the tube
(the ones I've seen are mounted on a jointed arm so you can position
them however you want). Or get some cheap high-powered reading glasses
(there's a guy who sells them for about $3 at the ACP computer swap meet
which is next Sunday).

Or if you're very rich, get a video projector, a mirror and a
rear-projection screen, then set the projector so it points into the
mirror and aim the reflected image onto the back of the screen. Put the
rear-projection screen on your desk and you'll have a BIG image. :))
_____

4 MB of video RAM memory is fine for 1280x1024x256. 256 colors means 1
byte per pixel so you'll only use a little more than a megabyte of your
video RAM for the image. At the 256 color resolution there's a
"palette" so you'll get decent but not great color depth. You _can_ run
65K colors if you want to -- images will look a bit nicer.

I run 1600x1200x65K on 21" and 19" monitors and there's no technical
problem as long as the monitor will support the higher resolution. Not
all of them do -- check the specs before you buy, there are still a few
that only run at a maximum of 1024x768, though I expect that all
Viewsonics will run at the high resolutions.

- Peter

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