Two Stop Bits | "Light Blue on Black", otherwise known as a black and WHITE display!I too noted ...

"Light Blue on Black", otherwise known as a black and WHITE display!

I too noted the blue tint, and on some devices, it was a green tint, but not actually grey as intended.

Reading this brought a flash of memories related to older television and computer monitor displays. The amazing details our young minds latch on to make this hobby of retro computing so darn fun!

Bonus for what appear to be great people more than not.

faassen 175 days ago
Did they really call it black and white? I know in the early 90s there was a whole "paperwhite" screen thing, but I didn't realize they had tried to sell light blue as white earlier. Hm, perhaps I did hear a reference to "grey" in this context, but I'm not sure.
- ddingus 174 days ago
  Yes! I never saw it that way myself. A similar phosphor was used in home televisions.
- bmonkey325 175 days ago
  Yes I had a Samsung paper white, for a time. It was essentially a Hercules monochrome display that has white phosphor instead of amber. Depending on the app you could go with black text on a bright white background to make it look like paper. MS word for dos worked ok , but code worked best in “dark mode” of course. White text in black background. I only had it a few months as I was able to get a “bad box” NEC mutiisync for a huge discount
  - ddingus 172 days ago
    I never could afford a fancy dedicated monitor. For years, I just used televisions. I got very good at fixing them up and tweaking / modifying them to perform better.
    My first real monitor was during the 386 era and I was able to break the 640x400 ceiling for the first time!
    Yeah, interlaced 1024x768 baby!