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A modern high resolution display (4/5k) has subpixels easily small enough to emulate the old monitors accurately in terms of color. What you can't get is the CR
by KerrAvon 4y ago
A modern high resolution display (4/5k) has subpixels easily small enough to emulate the old monitors accurately in terms of color. What you can't get is the CRT curvature and the glare of the fluorescent lights bouncing off the glass.
Also, the green phosphor Apple and at least some other vendors used wasn't a pure #00FF00 green -- you'd have to light other color channels. This picture is a pretty accurate representation: https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/btaokj/apple_iic_as_terminal_for_a_modern_mac/ https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/btaokj....
- Sunspark 4y agoI consider it to be a pure green in the sense that it was a single green phosphor used in the display. It is true that in terms of light nanometers there are different shades of green and Apple's wasn't what RGB green is, but it was a fully green pixel. I do own this exact monitor, I should recap it one of these days. The plastic is very yellow now sadly. Quite a lot of phosphor formulations existed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphor#Standard_phosphor_types https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphor#Standard_phosphor_typ...
- rainbowzootsuit 4y agoThe yellow can possibly be removed through the Retr0bright process if you are disassembling the display anyway. https://retr0bright.com/ https://retr0bright.com/
- anikom15 4y agoCurrent monitors can’t show the true color of either the amber or green phosphors. It falls outside the gamut of the monitor.