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From: esucv@warwick.ac.uk (Blitter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: PAL: no. of lines?
Message-ID: <1990Nov6.141618.8019@warwick.ac.uk>
Date: 6 Nov 90 14:16:18 GMT
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I remember reading a while back that the PAL tv system uses less than 625
lines for the actual picture (eg teletext uses some of the non-visible 'spare'
lines). This could explain why the Amiga only displays 576 lines.

-Tony