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From: consp03@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Kriston J. Rehberg)
Subject: Re: Amiga Video Lamers was Re: (Video) Hardware Idiots ?
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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 18:24:49 GMT

In article <1991Jun9.233533.14546@marlin.jcu.edu.au>,
cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matthew W Crowd) writes:
|>I'm sorry, but "real VGA" has more than a pitiful 4 colours. It may
|>look o.k but once you run an application that doesn't support it
|>your monitor goes into Spastic Mode and has to drop it's frequency.

What about grayscale VGA monitors?  Or VGA laptop computers that have
monichrome monitors?  Hmm..

Since I have a NEC 3d my monitor doesn't go spastic.  It quietly
switches modes and auto-sizes itself perfectly when you switch modes,
but, yes, the applications that don't support it can be a pain.  Note
that I do most of my work in the shell and on the workbench screens and
I rarely deal with custom screens.  Most of the ones that require custom
screens are graphics (not DTP) programs that, to me, look better in
interlace mode.  After all, television is interlaced and it doesn't
bother us until we see the computer generated text and line graphics.

|>A lot of people were disappointed with this display mode, hoping
|>they could get away with not having to buy a display enhancer board.

At this time it only helps out those who use the Shell and applications
that share the WB screen (which seemed to be Commodore's aim when they
designed Intuition - like a Windows 3.0 type setup with fewer colors). 
In the future, when the ECS and more installed 3000s make KS 2.x more of
a standard than a luxury, developers may wake up to the Commodore design
philosophy and support any mode we wish to use.

For me (and many others, from what I have seen and heard), the VGA modes
are a cost-effective alternative to get a professional display.  Note
that there are even lower VGA resolutions on the Amiga that provide more
colors (such as 320*480 in 32 colors, etc) but that's besides the point.
If it really bothers me I'll go the U'Lowell graphics card route.  Super
VGA 800*600 with 256 colors is fine for me.


Kris
                                             
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