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Re: Too good to be true ?

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From: coffee
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1987 23:28
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In article <1292@ucbcad.berkeley.edu> faustus@ucbcad.berkeley.edu (Wayne A. Christopher) writes:
>In article <1347@umn-cs.UUCP>, amit@umn-cs.UUCP (Neta Amit) writes:
>> The monitor emulates a resolution of 300 dots per inch...
>
>How do you "emulate" a resolution that is twice what you actually have?

I believe two bits/pixel (four shades of gray) will effectively be smoothed
by the eye to give a reasonable approximation of twice the resolution in
straight black/white.
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From: coffee@aero.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.terminals
Subject: Re: Too good to be true ?
Message-ID: <8128@aero.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 3-Mar-87 18:28:54 EST
Article-I.D.: aero.8128
Posted: Tue Mar  3 18:28:54 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 6-Mar-87 07:10:31 EST
References: <1347@umn-cs.UUCP> <1292@ucbcad.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: coffee@aero.UUCP (Peter C. Coffee)
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Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
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Keywords: monitors resolution emulation
Summary: Emulate higher res. w/ shades of gray