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- From: D.S.Walker@bradford.ac.uk (Simeon Walker)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
- Subject: Re: Hi res modes
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.140349.10610@bradford.ac.uk>
- Date: 15 Sep 92 14:03:49 GMT
- References: <1992Sep11.193305.20265@rhrk.uni-kl.de> <6578@armltd.uucp>
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- In article <6578@armltd.uucp> astevens@armltd.co.uk (Ashley Stevens) writes:
- >In article <1992Sep11.193305.20265@rhrk.uni-kl.de> m_sattle@tangram.informatik.uni-kl.de (Matthias Sattler) writes:
- >
- >
- >>
- >>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.
- >
- I assume this is why the A3/4xx series have an 8 Mhz bus with a 24 Mhz
- VIDC clock. What happens when a VIDC enhancer is used with these machines?
- Does the MEMC now divide the higher clock by a higer number? If so then is
- this division programmable?
-
- Sorry to ask so many questions but I didn't realise that the memory
- speed was related to the VIDC clock and would really like to know
- how it all works.
-
- Perhaps it is different on the older machines?
-
- >
- >___________________________________________________________________________
- >Ashley Stevens, Design Engineer, Acorn Computer astevens@acorn.co.uk
- >Temporarily encamped at ARM Ltd... astevens@armltd.co.uk
-
-
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- Sim. ----------------------------------------------------------- Simeon Walker,
- ----------------------------------------- Department of Electrical Engineering,
- D.S.Walker@bradford.ac.uk -------------------- University of Bradford, England.
-