Osborne Computer 4 (Vixen) prototype?
Roy J. Tellason
rtellason at verizon.net
Sun Jul 20 00:48:19 CDT 2008
On Thursday 17 July 2008 09:10, Bob Armstrong wrote:
> > Chuck Guzis wrote:
> > But that little monitor!
>
> It is small, isn't it? But it's very sharp, even on 80x24 text, so it's
> easy to read if you sit about 6" away from the screen. Makes me want to
> get a Fresnel lens on a swing arm, a la Brazil :-)
>
> Bob
Heh.
I remember being able to read text on the O-1 in 104-column mode after I'd
installed a screen-pac upgrade. I doubt I could do it these days, though.
Yes, those monitors were *very* sharp! :-)
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