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- From: dnavas@oracle.uucp (David Navas)
- Subject: Re: Graphics Modes
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.173235.6457@oracle.us.oracle.com>
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:32:35 GMT
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- <36931@cbmvax.commodore.com> writes:
- >There are *good reasons* why promotion works the way that it does. Say, for
- >instance, that you wanted to write a 3.0+ video titling program. If
- >*everything* go promoted *all* of the time, you wouldn't be able to display
- >the required NTSC or PAL video modes even if you *wanted* to.
-
- Sigh.
- Modify the following for 3.1:
- Prefs promotion gadget checkbox-->cycle
- Three modes:
- Never, Dual-Mode, Always
-
- Change startup checks -- Left-Shift menu button forces NTSC/PAL monitor
- modes to NOT EXIST in the graphics database, and replaces the default monitor
- with the 31kHz mode one.
-
- Allocate battmem bit for ALWAYS promote mode. Check this bit on startup
- as well. Right-Shift menu button overrides this setting (in case the
- battmem goes invalid) and always produces NTSC/PAL as default monitor
-
- Store 31kHz monitor info in ROM.
-
- Move one of your ROMd libaries onto disk if you need the room.
- Better yet, you have at least two gadget handling routines that must be
- near-to identical (BOOPSI/GadTools). Integrate them and get rid of the
- dual code. It's something that needs to be done anyway.
- David C. Navas dnavas@oracle.com
- Working for, but not speaking on behalf of, Oracle Corp.
-