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- From: cbrown@armltd.co.uk (Chris Brown)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Date: 10 Apr 1996 15:23:45 +0100
- Organization: Advanced RISC Machines Limited
- Message-ID: <4kgg9h$u29@valour.pem.cam.ac.uk>
- References: <1996Mar11.221045@cantva> <31686320.79722161@news.onramp.net> <4kbh0r$1na@news.uni-c.dk> <3169d885.6452954@news.onramp.net>
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- In article <3169d885.6452954@news.onramp.net>,
- David Corn <dcorn@paradise.pplnet.com> wrote:
-
- >>> >In article <315a0646.3201934@news.onramp.net>,
- >>> >David Corn <dcorn@paradise.pplnet.com> wrote:
- >>> >
- >>> >>The 640x400 is the maximum practical non-overscanned resolution of the
- >>> >>non-AGA Amiga.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>> >This is wrong. An OCS machine has a maximum non overscanned reoloution
- >>> >of 640*512. An ECS machine (A500+, A600, A3000) supportmost of the
- >>> >standard AGA resoloutions, so they do 800*600, 640*480, 640*960,
- >>> >1280*512, etc. etc.
- >>
- >>> Sans PAL, sans flicker, at 60 hz.
- >>
- >>Then the 640*480 resolution is probably what you are looking for.
- >
- >Whew! Hot stuff! Tell me, what refresh rate do I get at 640x480, and
- >how fast are the colors (16 of them - remember, OCS)?
-
- I'm afraid you asked for non-AGA, which ECS certainly is, and you get
- 640*480 at 60Hz non interlaced. This is only 4 colours however. If you
- want this resoloution with 16 colours you'll either have to use PAL
- interlace or a flicker-fixer. You can also have 640*400 in 4 colours
- at 73Hz non interlaced. Not wonderful, but what do you want from an
- A600?
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