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From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
Subject: Re: NEC 5D (setting up)
Message-ID: <20075@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 24 Mar 91 07:33:32 GMT
References: <1991Mar22.131218@kowande.bu.oz.au>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Mar22.131218@kowande.bu.oz.au> s000623@kowande.bu.oz.au (Jason Patterson) writes:
>
>I just reciueved a NEC 5D, and connected it to my A3000ux. It works, but only
> uses resolutions up to 800x600 for X, and only standard overscan for
>AmigaDOS. I tried a few things, then gave up...
>
>What I need to know is what settings (software & hardware) should I use to
>get 1024x1024 (or even better -> 1280x1024)??
>(I realize that color X is impossible until TIGA (2410))

	I'm afraid you're slightly confused.  The standard display hardware
in the machine only does NTSC (deinterlaced) resolutions.  The A2024 has 
special hardware that takes a screen sent out as several frames, and re-
combines them into an (about) 1Kx800 or 1Kx1K (maybe that's 1280horizontal)
grey-scale (4-level) display.  Thus the full-screen update rate is 10 or 15
hertz (depending).

	The A2410 is 1Kx1K or so, 256 out of 16M, 60Hz (34010 based).  Not
available quite yet.

-- 
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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