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From: hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: FlickerFixer
Message-ID: <15369@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 24 Oct 90 15:18:51 GMT
References: <3363@orbit.cts.com>
Reply-To: hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <3363@orbit.cts.com> koleman@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Kurt Koller) writes:
>
> 
>I have an Amiga 2500/30 with lots of stuuf.  I did a PAL/NTSC hack to it about
>a year ago, and haven't taken the thing out of PAL but once.  I am
>wondering...
> 
>The MicroWay Flickerfixer:  Will it work in both PAL/NTSC modes?  The 2.0
>operating system supports switching between the two, but will the flickerfixer
>adjust?????? 
>  
>Thanks
>
>Kurt "Koleman" Koller - tcnet!orbit!pnet51!koleman


No the flickerfixer will not adjust because their are two different
MicroWay products, one for NTSC machines and another for PAL machines.

The Commodore A2320 Display Enhancer card WILL automatically adjust to
either PAL or NTSC display mode and give you severe overscan support in
both modes i.e. 768x489 in NTSC mode and 768x576 in PAL mode (this is
much more than the MicroWay product).  The A2320 will also automatically
work with the new ECS productivity modes available with the ECS chipset
and AmigaDos 2.0 by bypassing the video signal directly to the multiscan
monitor connected to the A2320's DB15 pin connector.  Also, the A2320
does a special trick called `scan-doubling' when in the x200/256 line
non-interlaced display modes to elimate motion artifacts that would be
present if the product where to de-interlace all the time - a real plus
with those games that run in the non-interlace display modes!

The A2320 is available from Commodore at a suggested list price of $299
as opposed to the MicroWay Flickerfixer which is listing for $499.

I hope this helps!

Scott Hood
 
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