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- Short: 1024x768 and/or HAM Workbench with AGA!
- Type: gfx/aga
- Uploader: per-espen.hagen@ffi.no
- Author: per-espen.hagen@ffi.no
-
-
- After I said on Usenet that I had used a HAM6 1024x768 Workbench, several
- people have asked me how I managed to get that kind of resolution with AGA.
- As many people don't seem to know that this is indeed possible, I thought
- I'd upload this little archive to Aminet...
-
-
- Contents:
- =========
-
- 1024x768
-
- This directory contains a Euro36 monitor driver with modified tooltypes
- (for 1024x768, 53 Hz in Super-High Res Laced).
-
- WARNING: Don't even TRY this if you don't have a real multisync monitor!
- I can GUARANTEE that a 1940/42 won't do, as the horizontal frequency is
- 21.2 kHz. It works very well on my IDEK MultiFlat, though.
-
- To try it, just doubleclick "1024x768" (or, if you don't trust other
- people's scripts, (1) doubleclick Euro36 and (2) copy overscan.prefs and
- screenmode.prefs to ENV:Sys/).
-
- Note: This will NOT work properly if you already have a Euro36 mode
- enabled; in that case, move your old Euro36 file across from Devs/Monitors
- to Storage/Monitors and reboot, then run the 1024x768 script.
-
- You should now be able to see a 1024x768, 32-colour Workbench screen...
- which unfortunately flickers almost as bad as PAL Laced. :-( Use your
- Prefs/ScreenMode program to change screen depth. The overscan.prefs file
- has been manually edited to allow full-screen cursor movement. This will
- be destroyed if you edit the overscan with Prefs/Overscan.
-
- If you don't want to take care of your eyes :-) , you can modify this
- setup even further. My IDEK just manages to hold a 1280x1024 display, at
- 34 Hz interlaced. But I can't stand watching it for many minutes at a
- time...
-
-
- HAM6
-
- Ever wanted icons with thousands of colours? If so, this might be for you.
- It's a small hack that makes the Workbench open in HAM6 mode. I've
- included prefs files for PAL, DblPAL, and Super72 screens. Just doubleclick
- either of them and see... I've included some icons of various sizes as a
- small taste of what you can get. The good thing about HAM icons is that
- they can be made almost completely independent of your WB colours (the
- included icons assume colour 0, 1, and 2 to be grayish, black, and white,
- respectively. No other palette colours are used.) The icons were created
- with ImageFX, btw.
-
- To make a similar mode yourself, just edit your ENV:Sys/screenmode.prefs
- file with a binary editor such as AZap. At offset $32, you'll find the
- Display ID for the current mode (e.g. 0008 9024 for Super72:Super-High Res
- Laced). Set the HAM bit by changing the sixth digit from zero to 8 (i.e.,
- 0008 9824 for the Super72 example). You may also need to change the depth
- to 6 (for normal HAM) or 8 (for HAM8); this should be at offset $3B.
-
-
- The logical combination would be a 1024x768 HAM6 Workbench -- but I guess
- you've got the general idea now, so you can do that yourself. :-)
-
-
- Have fun,
-
- Per Espen Hagen
-