b/w reflective mode for monitor

[John R.]

On 2/4/07, David W Hogg <david.hogg at nyu.edu> wrote:
> Perhaps this is a question for hardware folks, not devel folks, but
> could someone out there tell me if the reflective, b/w mode for the
> monitor will be 8-bit greyscale or 1-bit on-off pixels?  I am writing
> an application for the laptop, but it is *essential* that it run
> completely in the reflective mode if that is possible; I need to know
> if I can use "greys" or only strict "black" and "white".
>

I'm a comp sci guy not a physicist so I guess I'll ask the stupid
question: how do see anything on the reflective display in the dark?
Is moonlight sufficient to read the OLPC display?

Thanks,

-- John.