Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hoptoad!slc From: slc@hoptoad.uucp (Steve Costa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: NEC 3D owners please read! Message-ID: <16378@hoptoad.uucp> Date: 23 Mar 91 01:11:11 GMT References: <236@nos850.UUCP> <18d469bd.ARN0f0e@cbmami.UUCP> <1991Mar20.164339.8640@news.iastate.edu> Reply-To: slc@hoptoad.UUCP (Steve Costa) Organization: Presidio Software Lines: 32 In article <1991Mar20.164339.8640@news.iastate.edu> reynolds@iastate.edu (Reynolds Jesse Leonard) writes: > >In article <18d469bd.ARN0f0e@cbmami.UUCP> jason@cbmami.UUCP writes: >>The one disapointing thing about the Nec 3D is that it has a slightly >>larger scan area than the A1950 and unlike the A1950, you can't adjust the > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>horizontal and verticle size of the picture. What this means is that on > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>the A1950 I can adjust the picture to fill the entire monitor, while on the >>NEC 3D I will have black borders around the whole picture. A side effect >>-Jason- >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>Jason Goldberg UUCP: ucsd!serene!cbmami!jason >>Del Mar, CA > > Can't adjust the verticle and horizontal size of the picture on the >Nec 3d? Of course you can! Not only can you set them, you can set where the >guns fire the image at the screen. And, of course, it remembers the settings >you give it in non-volatile ram. > > 8*) > -Jesse > > >Jesse Reynolds | reynolds@iastate.edu Although you can adjust the horizontal and vertical resolution, you can't adjust the horizontal enough to eliminate the borders. In addition, on my 3000, under 2.0, preferences doesn't allow me to adjust the overscan to use all of the area that the monitor is using; so the usable area is reduced even more. This seems to be a limitation of WB 2.0, not the NEC 3d.