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Re: ATARI is crap!

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In article <n8l631$630$1@news.albasani.net>, Ken Springer
<wordworks@greeleynet.com> wrote:
> On 1/30/16 11:38 PM, Your Name wrote:
> > In article <n8k5d1$6ug$1@news.albasani.net>, Ken Springer
> > <wordworks@greeleynet.com> wrote:
> >> On 1/30/16 6:06 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
> >>> On 1/30/16 5:39 PM, Your Name wrote:
> >>>> In article <n8jd9f$lhc$1@news.albasani.net>, Ken Springer
> >>>> <wordworks@greeleynet.com> wrote:
> >>>>> On 1/30/16 2:02 PM, Your Name wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> That crappy "keyboard" is probably one of the reasons we bought the VIC
> >>>>>> 20 instead.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I looked at the VIC 20, screen display was much better for the Atari
> >>>>> 400/800, so I went with the 800.
> >>>>
> >>>> The quality of the screen display was partly governed by what you
> >>>> plugged the computer into - plugging it into a crappy old B/W TV is
> >>>> different to a then-modern-day colour TV.   :-)
> >>
> >> I wasn't referring to the quality of the output device, but the display
> >> resolution.  VIC 20 176 X 184  Atari 800 320 X 192
> >
> > Maybe, but plug the VIC20 into a good quality screen and it can look
> > better than the Atari plugged into a crap quality screen.  :-)
> 
> Now, that's not fair!   LOL  Plug them into the same screen.  Of course, 
> back then it was likely to be a TV, and the size of the TV also made a 
> difference.
> 
> When I bought my 800, I bought a 10" TV for the monitor.  Salesman 
> thought I was nuts.  "Too small", he said.  It was great!.  Went back 
> and told him how good it was, and talked him into trying it.  All of a 
> sudden, all the display Atari systems had those TVs attached.

Our VIC20 was originally plugged into the biggish (for the time) family
lounge room TV, but later we got a smaller one especially for it and
the later C64 (although also occasionally used to watch TV shows). I
can't remember what sizes they were though.

Later at university and work I used the first Macs which were little 9"
screens monochrome. I used those for years in various Mac models.

When I later got my 17" screen it seemed massive - I'm still using a
17" CRT screen.  :-)

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  Re: ATARI is crap! CharlieChaplin <andiko@web.de> - 2016-01-25 10:32 -0800
  Re: ATARI is crap! "Adelbert Affenstaat" <a@ff.e> - 2016-01-29 22:24 +0100
    Re: ATARI is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-30 12:36 +1300
      Re: ATARI is crap! Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-01-30 08:08 -0700
        Re: ATARI is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-31 10:02 +1300
          Re: ATARI is crap! Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-01-30 15:26 -0700
            Re: ATARI is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-31 13:39 +1300
              Re: ATARI is crap! Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-01-30 18:06 -0700
                Re: ATARI is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-31 17:49 +1300
                Re: ATARI is crap! Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-01-30 22:17 -0700
                Re: ATARI is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-31 19:38 +1300
                Re: ATARI is crap! Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-01-31 07:35 -0700
                Re: ATARI is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-02-01 13:24 +1300
                Re: ATARI is crap! Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-01-31 19:45 -0700
                Re: ATARI is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-02-01 16:31 +1300
                Re: ATARI is crap! Clu <drclu@swbell.net> - 2016-02-05 10:49 -0600
                Re: ATARI is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-02-06 09:57 +1300
    Re: ATARI is crap! Dombo <dombo@disposable.invalid> - 2016-01-31 21:56 +0100

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