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From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Need better (read as noninterlaced) Ami graphics
Message-ID: <771@neoucom.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 22-Nov-87 23:46:13 EST
Article-I.D.: neoucom.771
Posted: Sun Nov 22 23:46:13 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 27-Nov-87 22:22:45 EST
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
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Keywords: let's do it!


I just shot some pictures for a another person who is writing a
magazine article about VGA (I know, those are fightin words).  I'll
give Amiga graphics an A- for having an [almost] NTSC 640*480 mode,
and VGA a B for not having such a mode.  What VGA does have, is a
pretty good looking 640*480 mode that is noninterlaced.  It sure
was nice to look at a high resolution that you didn't have to turn
the brighness down to almost NIL to avoid flicker.

A lot of the uninformed masses think that my Amiga is broken when
they see the flicker in the 640*480 interlaced mode.  I sure would
love to see some enterprising soul make a de-interlacer for the
B2000 video slot.  It seems like it ought to be a practical project
since the chips exist for doing so.  I've seen several VCRs and
monitors now touting that they offer such circuitry.

Since Commodore seems to have shelved the plans for any new
monitors in the near future, it seems like the de-interlacer card
is the way to go.  Eventhough, according to George, the B200 is
selling like hotcakes, the deinterlacer is probably the thing that
would push me over the edge to commit to swapping up from the
A1000.

Bill
(wtm@neoucom.UUCP)