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From: long@sask.UUCP (Warren Long)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: interlace mode
Message-ID: <322@sask.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 21-Jan-86 10:04:03 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 21 10:04:03 1986
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Organization: University of Saskatchewan, CANADA
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> <eat my line>
> 
> 	There has been a lot of talk (and flak) about the apparent
> 'unusable' interlace mode of the AMIGA. I have seen a 640 x 400
> screen that didn't seem to flicker at all and looked dynamite!
> BUT the programmer did use a trick to accomplish this feat.
> 
> 	The trick is to plot a pixel ON and ABOVE the line where the
> pixel is to be placed. This still results in an effective resolution
> of 400 lines BUT reduces the flicker to almost zilch. I saw this
> implemented on a terminal program and a graphics display and they
> both looked great on a 1080 monitor. Give it a try, the results
> may surprize you!
> 
> 	Regards, David Berezowski (CBM/AMIGA East Coast)


Doesn't this little trick drop the resolution down to 200 lines????
(at least for all intents and purposes.)

				 Warren Long
				 University of Saskatchewan
				 Canada