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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!keith
  3. From: keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider)
  4. Subject: Re: AA Chipset and NEW Amigas
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep12.112956.5804@cco.caltech.edu>
  6. Sender: news@cco.caltech.edu
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: punisher
  8. Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
  9. References: <guru.1fah@hotcity.COM> <raymondu.1h4w@terapin.com> <65732@cup.portal.com>
  10. Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 11:29:56 GMT
  11. Lines: 20
  12.  
  13. joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan) writes:
  14.  
  15. >>   What happened to Amiga overscan?  Have we completely dropped overscan
  16. >>support?  That is, I suspest that this is a bunk description of AA's
  17. >>capabilities.
  18.  
  19. >If you would have REALLY looked at them, and not just breezed over them :-)
  20. >you would have read under the tech specs...
  21.  
  22. >GRAPHIC MODES:                                                   
  23. >- AGA custom chipset produces resolutions ranging from 320x200 to
  24. >1280x400 (more with overscan), including 800x600                 
  25. >          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  26.  
  27. The 4000's that I used seemed to have some problem with the overscans.  Perhaps
  28. it was the monitor, but in some resolutions, the screen was shaped funny, and
  29. the overscan handles didn't help much.
  30.  
  31. keith
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