Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!galois!euler!pselver From: pselver@euler.mit.edu (Peter Selverstone) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: WB 2.0 and Flicker Fixer Message-ID: <1991Mar25.162342.26717@galois.mit.edu> Date: 25 Mar 91 16:23:42 GMT References: <100482@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@galois.mit.edu Distribution: na Organization: Spy Pond Systems Lines: 39 Nntp-Posting-Host: euler In article <100482@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> writes: >Assuming you have the new ECS and WB/KS 2.0, what results will you have with >a Flicker Fixer? > >The FF manual says it has a max res of 704x???, but right now I am running it The flickerFixer specs only claim 704 x 470 pixels because that is the largest workbench which can be obtained with morerows and the 1.3 preferences. A larger workbench is possible with 1.3 by poking the preferences structure. Microway tries to be conservative in its specifications and not mislead its customers. >at 718x480. So my main question is what modes, of the new modes, with work Under 2.0 the flickerFixer will support this size workbench. This is the largest size (in NTSC) that can be displayed with the "old" non-ECS Denise chip without nasty artifacts. With the new Denise, the released versions of 2.0 allow a 724 pixel wide workbench in the 3000. Microway may release an upgrade which would allow a wider display once the ECS Denise chip is released for use in the 2000. >or not work with the Flicker Fixer? Neither the flickerFixer nor any similar device can make use of any of the new modes that are available when using both the ECS Agnus and the ECS Denise. I think that most users of the A3000 would agree that the new "productivity" and superhires modes are rarely used in a machine with an enhanced display. In fact, I believe that many flickerFixer users will not feel that the expense of switching to the ECS Denise is justified. >Thanks... > >David > -- Peter Selverstone - Spy Pond Systems - Arlington, MA - (617)648-7468 pselver@euler.mit.edu bix:pselverstone PLINK:pselverst CIS:72527,2652