Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!orca.dsd.es.com!javelin.es.com!blgardne From: blgardne@javelin.es.com (Blaine Gardner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A2320 not sufficient Message-ID: <1990Dec22.182929.4736@javelin.es.com> Date: 22 Dec 90 18:29:29 GMT References: <1990Dec21.135935.8235@marlin.jcu.edu.au> <1990Dec21.172447.725@javelin.es.com> <1990Dec22.125326.18870@marlin.jcu.edu.au> Reply-To: blgardne%javelin@dsd.es.com Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation Lines: 57 glmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matt Crowd) writes: >In article <1990Dec21.172447.725@javelin.es.com> blgardne%javelin@dsd.es.com writes: >>glmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matt Crowd) writes: >> >>>Why is it that MicroWay can produce a card which COMPLETELY removes >>>interlace flicker and C= can't ? Surely they pay you enough Scott Hood. >> >>Geeze, the arrogance of this message has got to beat anything else I've >>ever seen posted to Usenet in the last 5 years. Why the personal attack >>on someone that's been kind enough to spend a lot of his own time to answer >>questions here? [A great impression of Marc Bradley deleted] >Ok. Flame me all you like, just look at the sales figures guys. >I'm piping all the hate mail to /dev/null and wearing fire proof >underwear and only reading comp.sys.next for 2 weeks as well... Maybe this is an exercise in futility, but what the heck, I've got nothing better to do while recovering from a lousy cold. First, have you seen either the A2320/A3000 or the flickerFixer? I've owned a flickerFixer for about three years, and an A3000 for six months. Other than the flicker in the first 1/2 line of video, the A2320 is superior in every respect. Here's a short list: A2320: Supports both PAL and NTSC resolutions with a single board. Transparent pass through of ECS de-interlaced video modes. Larger overscan support (724x480 vs 704x470). Far better handling of motion on 200 line screens. Disable switch for dropping back to 15 KHz video. Considerably less expensive. flickerFixer: First 1/2 line of video does not flicker. It would be nice if the A2320 did not have the flickering 1/2 line, but when compared to all the advantages it has over the flickerFixer, I would not hesitate a second before buying the A2320 over the flickerFixer. On the other hand, most Amiga owners seem to prefer having the active video extend behind the bezel of the display. And if your display is adjusted this way, then the first 1/2 line of video is not visible, and the problem does not exist. Personally, I prefer to use all the pixels I can get my hands on, so I've got my Sony CPD-1302 adjusted for a small black border, and I've dropped the Workbench 2.0 background gray a couple of notches, and the 1/2 line flicker is not noticable. If you have objections to the hardware, that's fine. But your personal attack on Scott Hood was out of line. -- Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland 580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 blgardne%javelin@dsd.es.com ...dsd.es.com!javelin!blgardne (I hope) {decwrl, utah-cs}!esunix!blgardne DoD #0046 My other motorcycle is a Quadracer. BIX: blaine_g