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Loved the amber and the green CRTs, but there were some really bad color choices too, like blue on (washed-out) white LCD, and some laptop (Toshiba?) that was r
by jkestner 4y ago
Loved the amber and the green CRTs, but there were some really bad color choices too, like blue on (washed-out) white LCD, and some laptop (Toshiba?) that was red on black. Which I guess is great for dark mode.
- nsxwolf 4y agoRed on black Toshiba was probably a monochrome plasma display.
- jkestner 4y agoDamn, that’s right. Some real diversity in displays back then.
- golem14 4y agoThe plasma displays were actually awesome in person. Way better than green and amber monitors in terms of sharpness, and easier on the eyes. They were even better than Atari and Sun station B&W monitors at the time, which were also very good. I wish there were a mostly B&W version of MacOS, where color is used only sparingly. I believe one can coax macs into full grayscale mode via accessibility apps, and that's actually surprisingly good for focusing, although I am not quite sure why that is.