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- From: ken@isgtec.com (Ken Newman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Falcon Resolution, Audio Sampling
- Message-ID: <3166@isgtec.isgtec.com>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 17:15:34 GMT
- References: <l9329mINN4op@aludra.usc.edu> <3156@isgtec.isgtec.com> <9887@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>
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- In article <9887@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> warwick@cs.uq.oz.au writes:
- > ken@isgtec.com (Ken Newman) writes:
- > >announcement on Genie, he said explicitly that the 640x480 mode, at least
- > >with 16-bit colour (which is a great feature, mind you), is **INTERLACED**!
- > >Sigh. This means some good things, as he mentioned, like the Falcon will
- > >work on SC1224 monitors (as well as VGA monitors with higher scan rate).
- >
- > BEEP. The SC1224 simply cannot handle such high resolutions - it doesn't
- > HAVE 480 scanlines to use! The VGA/MultiSync monitors will not experience
- > the flicker - just as they don't on the Amiga.
-
- You are seriously confused here, do you know what interlaced video is?
- I said 480 lines *interlaced*, which is 240 lines really and quite possible
- on an SC1224. That is the whole point of interlacing! You're also
- wrong about VGA monitors on the Amiga - it ALWAYS FLICKERS at 400 lines
- unless you have a FlickerFixer or an A3000. The standard Amiga itself
- produces interlaced video at 400 lines resolution, it's not a monitor issue.
-
- > Me, I'm impressed that they even BOTHERED to support high-res on the SC1224.
- > You'd be a bit crazy to buy an SC1224 rather than a MultiSync, considering
-
- I can't believe you said that. What about the entire existing user base
- who ALREADY HAVE SC1224's? Sure would be nice if they could use their
- existing monitor, eh?
-
- > The Aint No Such Thing As A Free Lunch, and your SC1224
- > will never handle 640x480 non-interlaced.
-
- Agreed, but that is not at all what I said, nor what Tramiel said on Genie.
- Try reading the article next time. :-}
-
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- Old programmers never die, they just log off.
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- ken@isgtec.com [ ...!uunet.ca!isgtec!ken ] Ken Newman
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