Using displays and Macs for vision research
by Denis Pelli and David Brainard
speed
how to
bibliographies
Macs have two speeds: computing (cpu clock) and video (memory and pci/nubus clocks). Both matter.
Answers to some common questions.
Reviews of literature and software for doing visual psychophysics with computers. Important letters about the VideoToolbox and the Psychophysics Toolbox.
displays
mac software
Monitors (especially the fastest and brightest, mostly for Mac), Mac video cards, Pelli-Zhang Video Attenuator, chin rests, stereo, long keyboard cables. How to synchronize a program to a video card. Known bugs in video drivers.
Recommended Macintosh applications.