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From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: WaitTOF in interlace mode
Message-ID: <6665@well.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jul 88 06:55:10 GMT
References: <4860@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <6639@well.UUCP> <343@boing.UUCP>
Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
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In article <343@boing.UUCP> dale@boing.UUCP (Dale Luck) writes:
>In article <6639@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes:
>>	An inspection of GfxBase structures reveals a lot of intersting and
>>promising locations for inspection.  However, since they're undocumented (no
>>comments describing what they do), they are most likely private, subject to
>>change, don't even think about it, etc etc etc.
>
>You're right if you expect to see 1.5 come out with some more bug's fixed
>and even greater features, you keep your dirty hands off my dirty bits.
>;-)
>
	I'll have you know that I wash my hands about a dozen times a day.

>How about if WaitTOF returns a number describing the field we are on.

	Yes, please.  That would be great.

>The hardware guys need a bit of freedom to exercise their abilities
>to fix problems and improve the system. There may be times when you will
>just have to wait for us to provide a clean and future compatible way
>at getting at this information via well thought out software mechanisms..
>
	But for those of us who need the ability now, asking us to please
wait can be a bit frustrating (why does this sound like the overscan
argument of some months back?).  So I'll use the hardware, and put a
disclaimer in the manual:

	"Warning:  This program only works with circa 1988 Amiga hardware.
It is entirely possible that future revisions of the custom chips will cause
this program to toss its cookies.  If this is the case, don't yell at
Commodore, yell at me; it's my fault.  I'll fix it.  If I'm still in
business."

>>It is unclear which is the even field
>>and which is the odd field.  Dale?
>
>The information is in the hardware manual. If bit15 is set then we are
>on the Long Frame.
>
	Yes, but is the "Long Frame" the even field or the odd field?  (Or
is that information in the manual and I'm just too lazy to look?)

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