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From: peg@psuecl.bitnet (PAUL E. GANTER)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A3000/de-interlacer
Message-ID: <111511@psuecl.bitnet>
Date: 6 May 90 13:57:07 GMT
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In article <13300@venera.isi.edu>, schur@venera.isi.edu (Sean Schur) writes:

> According to the CBM folks at the Amiga World convention last week I can
> answer some of these questions.
>
>>1) Will the de-interlacer chip in the A3000 be available for the A2000/2500?
>
>     NO. I was kind of upset about this myself. The new 2.0 OS has a
>       "productivity mode" which will eliminate flicker without the
>       de-interlacer chip, but if you do have a multisync monitor.

You might be wrong.  Amiga World says on page 22 of June issue:

  "In addition, it contains a built-in display enhancer (which,
   reportedly, will sell separately in the future) comparable
   to MicroWay's flickerFixer...."

AW could of course be wrong, but it seems they were probably told
something.  Any comments Commodore?

Looking at pictures of the motherboard, it looks like the scan-doubler
is one VLSI (called Amber) and a couple of RAMs.  If that is all it
takes, it seems C-A could give 2000 owners a de-interlacer at a
*very* reasonable price--much more reasonable than the flickerFixer.
The cynic in me says I am dreaming, of course.  Unfortunately, it
is usually right ;-)

--Paul





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