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From: pete.hardie at gmail.com (Pete Hardie)
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:14:09 -0500
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2008/11/21 Mike Harrison <meuon at geeklabs.com>:
>>> :=I still use green on black.  It was chosen for a reason!
>
> The reason was... that yellowish green was the original phospher color.
> Not many choices. the White stuff was reserved for TV sets.. It was more
> expensive.
>

The green is also the color that the human eye is most responsive to,
so it gets the brightest effect for lowest power.


-- 
Pete Hardie
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Better Living Through Bitmaps

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