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- From: Quantum Porcupine <jshagam@nmsu.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos,alt.sys.amiga.demos,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Strange graphic modes..
- Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 13:17:50 -0700
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- Fabio Bizzetti 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.
- >
- > Since when C64's VicII had 368x283?
- > Now that I think about.. it was rather a ZX80 resolution... :^)
-
- er, actually... the C64 had two resolutions, 320x200 and 160x100. if i
- understand correctly, the PAL (european) version also had an extended (i.e.
- kludged tweaked :) resolution of 320x240.
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