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From: grunau_b@husc4.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: re:  NTSCS standard
Message-ID: <1235@husc6.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 14-Feb-87 15:38:19 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 14 15:38:19 1987
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Reply-To: grunau_b@husc4.UUCP (Justin J. M. Grunau)
Organization: Harvard Science Center
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Forgive my ignorance, but all this recent discussion about the Amiga's NTSC
standard has got me confused.  Several people on the one hand have been wanting
the Amiga to allow a non-interlaced high-resolution (e.g. 400 vertical) display,
apparently because they find both options of flicker and high-persistance smear
to be unacceptable.  Other people believe that it is more important to keep the
Amiga within NTSC standards.

But this confuses me -- I understand that NTSC standards will not allow a 640 by
400 non-interlaced display;  but I thought the Amiga was famous for having not
only NTSC output, but also digital and analog RGB, which are, unless I am
confused, NOT NTSC-compatible.  Could somebody enlighten me on the distinction?

Also -- one last piece of confusion:  I don't understand why the Amiga lacks
normal TTL output for a high-resolution monochrome monitor;  I assume you can
hook a mono monitor up to an Amiga if you choose;  what happens when you try to
get high-resolution?

			thanks,

									JJMG
grunau@husc4.UUCP

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