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Re:Raster CRT Typography According to DEC by dfox on Saturday March 30, 2019 @04:39PM (#19531703)
I'm not sure that all the smearing and blur is historically accurate for vt220. I still have Wyse WY-150 (IIRC) on my desk and while it has somewhat poor contrast (which seems to be mainly caused by worn out contrast pot, I gotta fix that someday), it has exceptionally crisp display. I remember the same "crispness" feeling from various amber phosphor MDA monitors.
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Re:Raster CRT Typography According to DEC by cat199 on Monday April 01, 2019 @08:01AM (#19542455)
good point - I actually do have a 320 and the topics discussed in the article seem to jive with my experience with it..

but yes, it is very crisp - i think the point of the 'fuzzing' details discussed here is that they actually help the overall clarity (e.g. a 'dithering' sort of effect)

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