Re: Older software on LCDs

[Judith Davidsen jdavidsen@xxxxxxxx]

Paul--

In order to conduct this experiment, what should go on the
floppy besides some sample text?

Thanks
Judith Davidsen

Paul Breeze wrote:
>
> If you are actually going to buy one of these things then
> take a floppy with XY3 along to a showroom and look at the
> program on screen. Most of the LCD panels come with a
> feature which lets you fill the screen with 640x480 or
> 800x600 screens, even though the monitor has a resolution
> of - say - 1024x768. However some of these produce
> ghastly type, others are perfectly useable. I have been
> using a 15 inch NEC monitor for about three years now and
> have been satisfied with the appearance of XY3 and XY4.
>
> Paul
>
> -- Paul Breeze, paul.breeze@xxxxxxxx on 06/03/2002
>
> On Tue, 05 Mar 2002 14:35:50 -0500, Norman Bauman wrote:
> >>From today's Wall Street Journal:
> >
> >March 5, 2002
> >SPECIAL REPORT TECHNOLOGY
> >The Flat Look: You've decided to buy an LCD screen. Now
> comes the
> >hard
> >part: How do you choose?
> >
> >By GARY MCWILLIAMS
> >
> >
> >
> >A word of caution: LCDs differ from traditional CRT
> displays in that
> >they
> >don't handle lower resolutions well. Most CRTs can easily
> adapt to
> >show at
> >full-screen size everything from older software with
> 640-by-480
> >resolution,
> >all the way up to 1,600 by 1,200. But a flat panel won't
> >automatically
> >resize when confronted with older programs. Run an
> application using
> >640-by-480 resolution on a 15-inch LCD, and you'll wind
> up with a
> >shrunken
> >image surrounded by a black border, leaving the bulk of
> that big
> >screen you
> >bought dark and unused.
> >
> >You can manually alter the resolution settings on the
> display, but
> >you'll
> >have to go in and change it back again to view
> higher-quality images.
> >
> >One way around this problem: Microsoft Corp.'s new
> Windows XP has a
> >feature
> >called Liquid View that inflates the size of icons and
> text when
> >running
> >older software on 15-inch and larger screens. It's a
> particularly
> >useful
> >feature for running older computer programs, says Chris
> Connery, a
> >marketing manager at NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display
> of America
> >Inc.,
> >Itasca, Ill.
> >
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------------
> >Norman Bauman
> >411 W. 54 St. Apt. 2D
> >New York, NY 10019
> >(212) 977-3223
> >http://www.nasw.org/users/nbauman;
> >-------------------------------------------------------
> >