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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: Amiga still flickers!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1991 14:27:57 GMT

In article <1991Apr19.033447.22674@marlin.jcu.edu.au> cpca@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Colin Adams) writes:
>
>If C= ever had a machine that didn't flicker at all, we'd stop
>complaining.  I have a friend who manned a Amiga stand at a local
>computer show with a Amiga 2500/30 and an Amiga 2000.  They were showing
>the picture of the astronaunt (which barely flickers at all), and every
>one who saw it said 'hey that flickers!'.  It didn't look good compared
>to the 386 svga in the other booth.  Even the 3000 flickers on a Nec 3d!
>AND PEOPLE DO NOTICE IT!!!!  People are not impressed when you tell them
>'oh, you can buy this card to fix it up', or run in 640*200... 
>
	My A3000 doesn't flicker when I look at it. Although
admittedly when I switched to a PAL WB screen that did. But my
724x480 WB screen is flicker-free. As to the top scan-line
flicker, that is only the left half of the upper scanline and
then only when the two scanlines differ in brightness.

>
>-- 
>Colin Adams                                  
>Computer Science Department                     James Cook University 
>Internet : cpca@marlin.jcu.edu.au               North Queensland
>'And on the eight day, God created Manchester'


	-- Ethan

Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb
A: None. It's a hardware problem.