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From: spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Amiga Display Resolution Modes.
Message-ID: <17983@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 23 Jan 91 21:09:47 GMT
References: <1991Jan22.194511.1@ccvax.iastate.edu>
Reply-To: spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Jan22.194511.1@ccvax.iastate.edu> taab5@ccvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes:
>   I have a question that I've been wanting to ask ever since the Viking I
>monitor first came out for the Amiga.  If the highest resolution uses four
>or six 640xXXX 'panels', why is the resulting resolution of the monitor
>1008xXXX and not 1280xXXX ?  

1008 is the maximum number of pixels the old Denise could display per scan
line.

The restriction is maintained with the ECS Denise for compatibility.

>                               -MB-


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