High color, low price
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High-color Super VGA (SVGA) cards are sampled and compared. This is not an exhaustive evaluation or an endorsement of any product, but only a sampling of what is available. Cards that were tried include the High Color VGA742, from Cardinal Technologies Inc (Lancaster, PA); the VGA Wonder XL, from ATI Technologies Inc (Scarborough, Ontario); the SVGA Multiview, from Radius Inc (San Jose, CA); and the PowerGraph ERGO-VGA, from STB Systems Inc (Richardson, TX). A monitor that can use SVGA is required to use these products. Users may have to purchase a new monitor in order to use a high-res card. Super VGA monitors start at about $500. Because of memory limitations of SVGA cards, users must decide between resolution and number of colors. Selection depends on what a user wants to do. If black-and-white or gray scale work on documents that consist mostly of text is envisioned, resolution is probably the appropriate choice, but if a user is doing color separations or preparing slides, color is better. Be certain there is a software driver for an application: Windows, for example, does not include Super VGA drivers for all monitors. Quality of documentation varies. So does ease of installation.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1992
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Stars of the big screen
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A total of 11 full-page color and gray scale monitors are compared for screen size, resolution and software compatibility. The monitors equipped with graphic cards had to display at least 16 colors, show to 8.5 by 11-inch pages of text, and demonstrate high resolution. Prices of the monitors range from $2,395 for the Cornerstone Technology Inc Dual page display, to $8,440 for the Rasterops Colorboard 104. Other monitors reviewed are the SuperMac Technology Spectrum-8, E Machines Inc T-19, Radius Inc color display system, Moniterm Corp Viking 10, Orchid Technology Colorvue Card on the NEC Multisync Plus, Radius Inc Gray-scale display system, E-Machines Inc Big Picture IQ, NEC Multisync Plus with NEC MVA 1024 video card, and the Moniterm Viking 10.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1988
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Thrifty scanning: Apple Scanner
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Apple's $1,799 gray-scale scanner, Apple Scanner, is bundled with Applescan and Hyperscan software. The Apple Scanner can only read 16 levels of gray, but Applescan software makes it easy to work with them and can save images in MacPaint, TIFF and PICT formats. Applescan automatically generates a combination of eight contrast and brightness setting in addition to those set by the user, which can be saved for later use. Thresholds are automatically determined, and bit-map-editing features are included for touch-ups. A standard set of dot patterns is included, but users can create their own. Halftone and line art can be combined into one image with Applescan. Applescan's features add to the Apple Scanner's capabilities and make it a good purchase.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1989
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