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From: d6b@psuecl.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: CBM monitors
Message-ID: <20562.26e648d5@psuecl.bitnet>
Date: 6 Sep 90 17:02:12 GMT
References: <1990Sep5.023412.20940@uokmax.uucp> <7902@gollum.twg.com>
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Organization: Engineering Computer Lab, Pennsylvania State University
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In article <7902@gollum.twg.com>, david@twg.com (David S. Herron) writes:
> In article <1990Sep5.023412.20940@uokmax.uucp> jstraigl@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jeffrey S Traigle) writes:
>>In the latest educational prices, there is a monitor listed that I've
>>never heard of, the 2024 (Hedley monitor). Is this the runored new
>>beast with a different name attached or is it something else entirely?
>>If it's the latter, could you tell me what it is?
>
> It's something else entirely.  It's a 1280x800 (??) monochrome monitor
> but has 2 bits per pixel.  It uses one of the new modes in the new
> chips to do it's stuff.  And this about exhausts my knowledge of it.

As I recall, the Hedley buffers several frames from some arbitrary
digital outputs of Denise to make one large image. It has nothing to do
with the "new" Denise, which doesn't solve the basic problem (greater
chip memory bandwidth).

-- Dan Babcock