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From: havemose@cbmehq.UUCP (Dr Allan Havemose ESCO)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Where are PAL and Productivity modes on A3000?
Message-ID: <1413@cbmehq.UUCP>
Date: 31 Aug 90 14:32:24 GMT
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Reply-To: havemose@cbmehq.UUCP (Dr Allan Havemose ESCO)
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In article <6175@hub.ucsb.edu> 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.

You just have to drag the 'multiscan' and 'pal' icon from the MonitorStore
drawer into the Monitors Drawer. Doubble click on the icons and they
get 'Addmonitor'ed. By placing the icons in the Monitors drawer they
get invoced automatically during boot.

Now have a look at Prefs/ScreenMode.
>--
>
>Dan Zerkle 6600dan@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu 6600dan@ucsbuxa.bitnet (805) 968-4683
>       Amiga....  Because life is too short for boring computers.

	Allan

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