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[titusnowl]

Computer screen at work is a DOS-style terminal (it doesn't actually run on DOS, I don't think, but I don't know from computer languages), black background and green text and visible horizontal lines across it and shit.  By the end of a day of looking up accounts and shit ("AND SHIT AND SHIT AND SHIT" that is the STOCK PHRASE OF THE DAY) my eyes hurt really bad.  Is there any way to aid this?

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[up-a-creek.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. You actually have a real-deal, old-school dumb terminal, straight from the Precambrian. Yeah, these things don't do much more than display whatever the server sends them. Sounds like you only have a monochrome, too. In my experience these displays aren't bad enough to cause headaches, but nowadays whatever equipment's still being used is probably ancient, and the CRT's pretty much shot. Unless you can switch to a less-abused terminal, you're probably SOL.

[chikkiboo.livejournal.com]

El Guapo (that's the name he wrote on his desk plate) across the cube-hall has some sort of an anti-glare screen on his; would that do any good, do you think? I could get a requisition slip for one if I asked.

[up-a-creek.livejournal.com]

I've never liked them, but some people do, so I can't make a recommendation here. Is it possible to borrow El Guapo's and try it out for a while to see if it works for you?

If you actually DO have a glare problem (that is, the screen is reflecting some blazing orb of light straight at your eyes), then repositioning the monitor (if that's possible) to reduce or eliminate the reflection will help.