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- Subject: Re: Q: MONITORS AND OVERSCAN
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 07:17:24 GMT
- Organization: Regional Computing Center, University of Cologne
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- cecodere@andrew.sca.usherb.ca (CARL-ERIC CODERE) wrote:
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- >Greetings,
- > I just bought myself an old Amiga 500 computer, but the o
- >monitor was entriely broken (1084S ? is that possible), I would like
- >to know, was this monitor able to do overscan (640x400x16c) proprely without
- >flicker (in that case I will repair it), or would it be better off to buy a
- >new monitor ?? (640x200x16c kills my eyes)
- 640x400 is not Overscan, it┤s Hires. And yes, it will flicker, but
- regardless of the monitor you use (have to buy a flickerfixer to stop
- that). Overscan is a mode that enlarges the standard resolution
- (the PAL 640x512 is enlarged to 704x589 (?)or so).
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- >Furthermore, I would like to know what resolutions are available on the Amiga
- >500, with the Denise Chip, I'm not very experienced (my first foray in the
- >Amiga world), but I know there is a HAM mode in 320x200, will this work on
- >my computer ? And I would like to know if my computer also supports the
- >half-brite mode (and what it is exactly ?). Thanks in advance!
- Yes HAM will work, as will HAM Interlace (320x400).
- Half-brite is a mode that doubles the number of colors by providing
- each of the 16/32 colors for your chosen resolution also at a lower
- brightness.
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- Shep
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