dont see how a nearly 200$ 9-10 inch lcd is cheaper
I think he meant that the LCDs are replacing the POS CRTs in commercial use, so there are cheap CRTs available used now.
AKA
Classic II
the durn monitor is expensive in those sizes, cheapest b&w crt ive seen is still 100+ bucks with shipping
See above.
the 2-bit video capabilities of the original Mac
That'd be one bit.
he also goes on to design a new amp system to generate 4 shades of gray, otherwise it was a 486 running dos
And custom timings which required a lot of fiddle-faffing about in software.
was producing text a limitation of the software he was running, or merely a choice?
*Shrug* bit of both from the way I read it.
