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From: jlong@radc.af.mil (Jeff Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: What will "overscan" give me?
Summary: Will I see a difference?
Keywords: overscan,atari-st
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Date: 19 Oct 90 12:02:09 GMT
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I am curious about the "overscan" modification.

I just upgraded to TOS1.4 (my gosh, why did I ever put it off for so long??)
and now that I __could__ perform the upgrade, I was wondering if I would
actually realize any day-to-day benefits.

I have a 1040STF,TOS14,Mono-monitor:  Does overscan only work for color
systems?  I read the docs and they mentioned a monochrome mode, but not
very detailed.  Will I see a larger screen on my monitor??  Will the
black, wasted areas be utilized?  Will it work with NeoDesk 2.05 (or
NeoDesk 3.0 providing Gribniff EVER sends it to me!!), what about Flash1.6
or Uniterm??  Will my Showdvi previewer use a larger screen?
Will this guy ever quit asking question?  Are you still reading this??

Sorry, got carried away for a moment...  But seriously, if anyone could give
us a brief, "real-world" view of what overscan (and overscan_60) will do
and post to the net (I think this is of interest net wide) I would really
appreciate it!!


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