Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!hplabs!hplabsz!dleigh
From: dleigh@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Darren Leigh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: They went and done it
Summary: the 8514A and interlace
Keywords: Have a cigar, Jerry
Message-ID: <2662@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM>
Date: 23 Nov 88 18:41:45 GMT
References: <1420@neoucom.UUCP>
Reply-To: dleigh@hplabsz.UUCP (Darren Leigh)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
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In article <1420@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes:

>Jerry mentions Joanne showing him the Microway Flicker Fixer board
>to deinterlace the 400 line mode.  It would have been interesting
>if Jerry would have thought to mention that IBM's "standard for
>comparison" (my quotes) for the PS is the 8514 board, which IS
>interlaced.

Yes the 8514A board does have an interlaced mode (with 1024 by 768
resolution), but it is interlaced at 44 Hz instead of 30 Hz.  Actually
the display looks quite nice and I could detect no flicker.  Your
flicker threshold may vary.

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Darren Leigh
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