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- From: dlk0ms9s@umiami.ir.miami.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: falcon questions
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.114736.14202@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
- Date: 12 Dec 92 11:47:36 EST
- References: <1992Dec11.4514.27623@dosgate> <1992Dec12.095025.12993@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
- Distribution: comp
- Organization: Univ of Miami IR
- Lines: 39
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- In article <1992Dec12.095025.12993@beaver.cs.washington.edu>, bgilbert@cs.washington.edu (Ben Gilbert) writes:
- > In article <1992Dec11.4514.27623@dosgate> "calvin bruner" <calvin.bruner@canrem.com> writes:
- >>A couple of Falcon questions:
- >>
- >>1) If I want to have both VGA and true colour modes, will it be
- >>necessary for me to either have two monitors (ugh) or keep changing the
- >>plug to the Falcon (using a multisync)? Is it possible through software
- >>to tell the computer the type of screen to use, regardless of the plug
- >>in the back?
- >
- > What John said was basically correct, the Falcon _knows_ what kind of
- > monitor is connected via the adapter plug, and consequently sets the video
- > modes up correctly for that monitor. So, if you have the VGA monitor block
- > plugged in, it won't let you change to 640x480x16bpp (or 640x400 actually).
- > However, I wanted to point out that you can do true color modes on the VGA
- > monitor : 320x240x16bpp and 320x480x16bpp. On the SC1224 or equivalent,
- > you'll get all the video modes, but those with over 200 lines of
- > resolution (not counting for overscan), you'll have interlace.
-
- QUESTION:
-
- I am currently running a Multisync monitor off my Mega ST4. Does this
- mean I can have the best of both worlds as long as I put the adapter box for my
- ST in the monitor cord chain?
-
-
- >>--
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- >
- > Cheers,
- > --
- > Ben Gilbert e-mail : bgilbert@cs.washington.edu
- > Department of Computer Science
- > University of Washington
-
-
- Mark Santora
-
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