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Feedback please.  We have recently been trying to add more color 1040ST
systems here at UMASS and have made a depressing discovery - the new-style
SC1224 color monitor is seriously inferior to its predecessor.  It is not
as sharp (to the point of eye fatigue in medium res.) and has no brightness
range and excessive contrast. Color values 222 and below are non-existant.
We only have 512 colors to start with - now 192 are missing?! Check out the
"puppy" demo on Degas Elite - you know it was not created to look that bad!
We have compared several of the new monitors and none are worth having.
This is a serious problem for us because we use the systems to teach graphic
design courses. Plus I would like to still see when I'm through word pro-
cessing. We have refused delivery from the dealer but need to have these
systems running.  Can anyone recommend another monitor and advise on ways
to connect it to the 1040?  And perhaps its time to boycott these cheap
replacements we're being offered?  Atari says the specs are the same -
let your eyes be the judge.  If you've never seen the old type, find one
and compare.  You'll be shocked. (and then realize you've been had!)
   Rick Newton, Digital Photographic Service, UMass, Amherst