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- From: astevens@armltd.co.uk (Ashley Stevens)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
- Subject: Re: Hi res modes
- Message-ID: <6578@armltd.uucp>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 17:19:17 GMT
- References: <1992Sep11.193305.20265@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
- Sender: astevens@armltd.uucp
- Distribution: comp
- Organization: Advanced RISC Machines Ltd, Cambridge, England
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- In article <1992Sep11.193305.20265@rhrk.uni-kl.de> m_sattle@tangram.informatik.uni-kl.de (Matthias Sattler) writes:
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- >
- >I just replaced the 36 MHz quarz on the board of my A5000 by a 60 MHz one. This
- >had several results on my A5000.
- >1.) The VIDC is clocked faster so I could do 1024x768 60Hz (if your vidc
- >can do this)
- >2.) Mode 31 is 93 Hz (if your monitor can do this...)
- >3.) 800x600 256 Colours isn't possible any more
- >4.) There are problems with very low-res modes like mode 0, but I don't
- >know why
- >5.) The computer gets remarkably faster... >22000 Dhrystones in mode 21, 28
- > (with CPU 30 MHz) and I don't know why as well.
-
- The 36MHz clock also clocks the memory system. It's divided by 3 inside MEMC
- (effectively). So using a 60MHz clock means you are now running your memory
- system at 20MHz. Obviously this has a beneficial effect on your machine
- speed...if it continues to work.
-
-
- ___________________________________________________________________________
- Ashley Stevens, Design Engineer, Acorn Computer astevens@acorn.co.uk
- Temporarily encamped at ARM Ltd... astevens@armltd.co.uk
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