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- From: barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett)
- Subject: Re: Graphics Modes
- Message-ID: <BxBHLK.H0x@news.iastate.edu>
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- References: <petter.084l@pnilsen.UUCP> <BwunsK.MKJ@news.iastate.edu> <doiron.0gpv@starpt.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 23:08:05 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In article <doiron.0gpv@starpt.UUCP> doiron@starpt.UUCP (Glenn Doiron) writes:
- >In article <BwunsK.MKJ@news.iastate.edu> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N Barrett) writes:
- >> In article <petter.084l@pnilsen.UUCP> cbmehq!cbmnor!pnilsen!petter@cbmvax.commodore.com writes:
- >> >In article <jam.2549@jammys.ocunix.on.ca> jam@jammys.ocunix.on.ca (James McOrmond) writes:
- >> >
- >> >> I've read somewhere that the ECS chipset can do an 800*600 display. Is
- >> >> this true? Or is the AGA chipset required? I've got a friend with an
- >> >> A3000 system, and some sort of monitor, and he wants to get an 800*600
- >> >> display.
- >> >
- >> >This is true, I do 800x600, DblPAL and DblNTSC without any problems except
- >> >for the reduced colour range. I use an A1950 monitor with my A3000 running
- >> >OS 3.0.
- >>
- >> AT LAST!!! A CONFIRMATION THAT I AM RIGHT!!!!
- >
- >NOT!!!
- >
- >> I stated that the DblNTSC and DblPAL modes on the A4000 are not generated
- >> using any fancy new hardware and are acheivable on any Amiga with the ECS
- >> (though with more limited color capabilities) and someone has finally
- >> confirmed that I am right.
- >
- >Dingaling. DblPAL and DblNTSC give you 640x512 and 640x400 screens on ECS.
- >Absolutely no scan doubling. Can't be done without the Alice chip.
-
- I never said that scan doubling could be done with the ECS. Scan doubling
- (more properly called "line doubling") is a different entity from the DblPAL
- and DblNTSC modes.
-
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