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- > BAR> bought a "super Denise" (I forget the number). The other day I took
- > BAR> the NEC 3D monitor of my A1200 and stuck it on the A500 (rev 5B) with
- > (deletio)
- > BAR> etc. Cool. But, the higher frequency screens have a greenish cast and
- > BAR> the last 3/8ths or so of an inch of the right hand side of the screen
- > BAR> have a darker cast than the rest of the screen. Do I have hardware
- > BAR> problem, or is this normal? Am I just overextending that old miggy?
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- That greenish thing might just be due to the extra quantization on
- 1280xwhatever screens. The palette is quantized to 2 bits per color :(
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- > A tech guy once stated to me that this was due to the tolerance limits
- > of chips in A500's and A2000's. Apparently, the Denise is suited for
- > the higher frequencies, but the cheap component chips surrounding it
- > (pals, etc?) aren't. Hence the somewhat degraded image. My 2000 has
- > this, too. Higher-spec Amiga's like the 3000 and the 1200 are built
- > for the higher frequencies and so shouldn't be affected.
- >
- > Regards, Ruud
- > rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl
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