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- From: spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: How programmable is ECS?
- Message-ID: <37758@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 10 Dec 92 01:24:00 GMT
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- In article <1g3po7INNsvm@moe.ksu.ksu.edu> epa@phys.ksu.edu (Eric P. Armstrong) writes:
- >In <37695@cbmvax.commodore.com> spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson) writes:
- >
- >>There is such a monitor in the 2.1 and 3.0 releases, called Euro36. This is a
- >>15kHz 320/640/1280 x 200 monitor at 72Hz, to give NTSC-like resolutions at a
- >>less-flickering scan rate. The name may be confusing (why is it called Euro36 if
- >>the refresh is 72Hz?), but this is in line with NTSC or PAL. NTSC is 60Hz when
- >>non-interlaced at 200 lines, but when interlaced, each field is only 30Hz
- >>(similarly for PAL at 50Hz and 256 lines). So, Euro36 is 36Hz per field, or 72Hz
- >>per frame.
- >
- >Is there an easy :-) way to roll your own monitor file?
- >In 2.04? 2.1?
-
- No, there is no tool to do so, simply because with such a tool, it would be real
- easy for someone who doesn't know what they are doing to damage their monitor.
-
-
- >--
- >Eric P. Armstrong epa@phys.ksu.edu
-
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