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From: dmm@rti-sel.UUCP (David McLin)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: amiga flicker
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Date: Tue, 7-Jan-86 08:06:42 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan  7 08:06:42 1986
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I have been reading this group with much interest for the past few
months, and I finally went to a dealer and looked at an Amiga. The
first thing I noticed was that in hi res mode, the flicker was very
objectionable, at least to me. Otherwise, it seems to be a very nice
machine. The reason I am posting this note is that the dealer said
that his "contact" at Commodore told him that the flicker problem was
caused by a "bug in the operating system" and would be fixed "real
soon now" by a rev. to the o.s. or a replacement to the graphics chip.
What I would like to know is, is this possible or likely? It seems to
me that the basic problem is the use of interlace, so I don't know if
these fixes would work. Is flicker in hi res mode something we must
live with to get the other neat features of the Amiga? I would by an
Amiga now, but if a fix is forthcoming, I would probably wait.

Thanks for any info/advice.

Dave McLin 

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