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From: long@sask.UUCP (Warren Long)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: A suggestion for high res text with no flicker
Message-ID: <327@sask.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 13:02:53 EST
Article-I.D.: sask.327
Posted: Mon Feb  3 13:02:53 1986
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Organization: University of Saskatchewan, CANADA
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I have an Atari 800 and have done lots of programming on it.
In order to get a decent character set with no color-aliasing
on a standard TV, the charset is designed using pairs of
pixels, very similar to the methods suggested for reducing
ficker on the AMIGA.

                          01234567
	A ------>            XX
			    XXXX 
			   XX  XX
			   XXXXXX
			   XX  XX
		           XX  XX


When I am using a good monochrome monitor, I can load in a
different character set, with much finer lines, and therefore
prettier characters.

                          01234567
        A ------>             X
			     X X 
			    X   X
                            XXXXX
			   X     X
			   X     X


Why not do the same thing for the AMIGA, but in reverse.  Get 
into the character set, and edit it so that there is never a
single pixel vertically.

I assume this is possible.  I don't have an AMIGA or I would try
it.  My letter 'A' was not a pretty example but if someone does 
try this I would like to know about the results.  This should 
solve the flicker in the high res. text.



			   Warren Long
			   University of Saskatchewan
			   Canada