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- From: tomk@fc.hp.com (Tom Kennedy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: CV64 Ghosting
- Date: 29 Feb 1996 18:30:23 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Site
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- Benjamin Kenobi (fkrj@crux4.cit.cornell.edu) wrote:
-
- : I read some time ago about the CyberVision 64 "ghosting" that occurs when you
- : have say a white background and a single vertical black line. I have seen
- : this effect on my card also. What happens is there is a "ghost" line faintly
- : visible to the right of the black line. Most of the time I don't even notice
- : this, but lately when using ShapeShifter it has bugged me some. Someone said
- : that this was caused by some kind of "under-damping" of the signal, and this
- : makes sense. There is an abrupt change (from black to white) and then a damped
- : oscillation which causes the ghosting. I am wondering if there is a circuit
- : that I can buy/build which I can put between my graphics card and monitor which
- : will eliminate the ghosting. Maybe some kind of filter or something.
-
- : Anyone know?
-
- I've been working on a solution to this. Right now, I'm thinking the
- best solution would be to connect three large resistors, one between
- each color signal and ground. This would slow down the transitions.
- The hard part is picking the right resistance. Slowing it down too
- much will make it over damped (same problem, but with a different
- color ghost). You also have to make sure you don't change the
- magnitude of the final signal (or you won't ever get "white" again --
- just light gray).
-
- I'll post a solution as soon as I come up with one. (Not that I want
- to discourage anyone else from trying also :) The more people
- working on it, the better!)
-
- Tom Kennedy
-