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- From: videoman@tiac.net (Videoman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos,alt.sys.amiga.demos,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Strange graphic modes..
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 04:31:06 GMT
- Organization: Game programmer at large
- Message-ID: <4knbna$f53@news.tiac.net>
- References: <4kgqme$2dh@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> <4kjj16$4cq@Venus.mcs.com>
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- trixter@MCS.COM (Trixter / Hornet) wrote:
-
- >(This has been crossposted to amiga.demos and amiga.graphics)
-
- >In article <4kgqme$2dh@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de>,
- >DAVID LIEBERMANN <deel@ldvgpi02.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de> wrote:
- >>
- >>I have collected quite some pictures from competitions and from other
- >>sources and I just lately wondered if there is a special program around
- >>to view all pictures in the correct aspect ratio. For example, I wonder
- >>what resolution is best for strange sizes like 640x512 (like lots of
- >>competition entries) or 320x256 (Exactly half in x&y. Maybe there is a
- >>640x512 resolution (with doublescan in both x and y ??) that my card
- >>doesn't know..). And I also got some pictures in 368x283. Where are
- >>those from ??
-
- >Those are mostly Amiga modes, with the last one looking vaguely
- >like a C64 resolution.
-
- >I think it's about time I coded up a small PC .GIF/.LBM viewer for
- >these pictures... This question has popped up too many times. I've
- >figured out some of the odd ones, like 320x256, and with Liket's
- >help I'm sure I can figure out the others.
-
- >So, 320x200, 320x400, 320x256, 320x512... Any others? I want this
- >to work on a standard VGA card, so no 640x(>400) modes (only 256K of
- >video memory), but I'd be happy to support any of the other modes
- >out there, and I can get 640x200 and 640x256 working, I'm sure.
- >Are there any other modes/resolutions that I'm forgetting?
-
- The TCC'93 Party report by Septic/Extreme uses a tweaked mode of
- 376*282, this could potentially support the 368x283 pictures. The only
- problem with that particular tweaked mode, it really requires a
- multi-sync monitor. I only have a multi-freq, and the picture rolls.
- (And yes, I did have to go digging in my archive to find that file, I
- don't keep those things near the top of my head.)
-
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