[geeks] Does size matter

[Erie Patsellis]

I remember when the Next system went away in my shop, I went to an 386 
with a monochrome 150 dpi cornerstone card/monitor that made the cube 
seem crude by comparison


erie

der Mouse wrote:
>> IIRC, the Next had display postscript,
>>     
>
> Yes.  In many respects it was technically superior, but it was closed
> source and (I'm tempted to add "thus" here, but I'm not sure it's
> deserved) lost the fight with X.
>
> But, with pixels still in the 75-100 pix/inch range, it needed
> resolution-depedent support for high-quality output.  It was a bit
> messy, since PostScript goes quite out of its way to be
> resolution-independent, but it basically worked.
>
> Now, if only someone could scare up docs on the blitter chip....
>
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