Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmger!venus!wfaust From: wfaust@venus.UUCP (Wolf Faust) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: A2320 Message-ID: <189bc930.ARN13b6@venus.UUCP> Date: 31 Jan 91 11:06:08 GMT References: <1991Jan29.054742.18143@cs.mcgill.ca> <3898@rwthinf.UUCP> <18245@cbmvax.commodore.com> <3901@rwthinf.UUCP> Reply-To: cbmvax.commodore.com!cbmehq!cbmger!venus!wfaust Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Lines: 32 In article <3901@rwthinf.UUCP>, Helmut Neumann writes: > Special features of the > Macro-Systems de-interlacer is a dynamic screen-repeat-rate (i hope you > understand what i mean), if you use a 640x400 ntsc resolution it is 70 hz. It > only depends on the chosen number of lines. When tou use pal overscan it is > the normal 50 Hz. The second feature is an integrated stereo amplifier, so you > can add the speakers you miss in your multisync. The disadvantage is that it > can not handle productivity and leaves out every second pixel at superhires. > But productivity is really useless when you have this card, because the refresh rate is also about 60 Hz at productivity resolution and you are not limited in > colours, not to mention that 4 colour hires-interlace leaves some cycles for > the processor when accessing chip-ram compared to productivity. Some things are stated wrong: 1. What you mentioned as "dynamic screen-repeat-rate" is also possibel on an A2320 card without any change!! The utility wich does this nice frequency job is called "RefreshTool" and comes with MacroSystems flickerfixer. As far as I know, you can also buy this program extra (should be something arround $10-$20). It's not KS 2.0 compatible and has a really ugly user-interface in my opinion, but does it work... 2. What you mentioned as disadvantage (superhires...) for the MacroSystems deinterlace card is also true for the A2320 :-( (that's why you have the switch on an A3000!) So, after all... the main difference is the stereo amplifier and the price! ----- Wolf Faust UUCP:cbmvax.commodore.com!cbmehq!cbmger!venus!wfaust Tel: (+49)69 5486556 FIDO: 2:243/43.5