Date   : Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:47:19 +0000
From   : astravan@... (Alex Taylor)
Subject: Microvitec CUB 895 monitor?

Francis Devereux wrote:

> My school used to have a few of these (high res Cubs with darker tubes in
> boxy metal cases).  I remember drooling over them because they were the only
> colour monitors I'd seen that could display MODE 0 readably, so they were
> both great for games (unlike green-screen monitors) and great for editing
> programs in MODE 0 (unlike standard Cubs).

That was one of the most noticeable things about it, how clear the 
picture is in MODE 0. And the darker tube gives really superb contrast.

When I bought the job lot from the tip maybe four years ago, I was going 
to stick it all on eBay. I think I'll keep this monitor though :-)

-- 
Alex Taylor