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From: d88-mbe@sm.luth.se (Michael Bergman)
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Subject: Re: NTSC vs. PAL screen checking (Was Re: JRComm....)
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Date: 6 May 90 19:25:22 GMT
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rick@tmiuv0.uucp writes:

>NTSC is not inferior.  Nor is PAL superior.  They're just "different".  But,
>I agree.  Software should sense what display is running and accomodate it.
>Many commercial programs do.  And some of the shareware/freeware/PD stuff do.
>Some don't.  That's life.

Hmm, that depends on what you mean with "inferior". As I see it, PAL is better
than NTSC in a number of ways, but I think that sort of discussion belongs
somewhere else. Anyway, you americans are stuck with it because it was the
first system and was widely spread before anything else came along... (recog-
nize the pattern here..?)

Some PD/Share/Free do, *most* don't. At least to my experience.

>emulator, and 90% of the terminals out there use 80 or 132 character wide
>screens, 24 or 25 lines high.  In those cases, I'm not certain that the
>additional screen height in PAL mode would be of much use.  But then again,

You're right, I don't care either if this type of program doesn't detect my
PAL screen. As I've said before, it's the programs using graphics I care
about. Good examples are MandFXP and MandelVroom - run these on a PAL machine
and you'll se what I mean... If there is going to be a new verion of
MandelVroom, I sure hope he gives PAL a thought. (BTW, which *is* the latest
verion? Maybe I missed it!)

Mike

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