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From: Joseph Hillenburg (joseph@valnet.UUCP)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Where are PAL and Productivity modes on A3000?
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Date: 27 Aug 90 04:49:59 GMT
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6600dan@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes:

> I have heard much talk about PAL mode and Productivity mode for the
> A3000.  However, I have no clue on how to do this.  My first instinct
> is to try the ScreenMode Preferences.  However, I get only four
> possible screenmodes, as follows:
> 
> NTSC:Hires
> NTSC:SuperHires
> NTSC:Hires-Interlaced
> NTSC:SuperHires-Interlaced
> 
> These four seem to work fine, but again, that's all I've got.  What do
> I need to do to get productivity mode and the PAL modes?  This is
> relevant, because some of the PD games out there expect a PAL screen,
> and barf without it.
> 

Well, that depends on what files are in your monitor drawer...you should 
have the files that represents the A1950 in there. The A1950 has a lot 
more modes than that. There is a program on a recent Fish disk ( >300 ) 
that has an NTSC-PAL program that is supposed to allow NTSC machines to 
use PAL and visa-versa. You can have the machine boot off a floppy and 
automatically convert via a special bootblock, or run a command in your 
startup-sequence, which is required for hard drives, and possible for 
floppies. NOTE: This program will work on a machine with the ECS ONLY! 
This means that it should work with A3000's, although the author (Nico 
Francois) says it's only been tested on an A2000.

> 					-Dan
> --
> 
> Dan Zerkle 6600dan@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu 6600dan@ucsbuxa.bitnet (805) 968-4683
>        Amiga....  Because life is too short for boring computers.


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