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From: thomas@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Thomas QA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 620x400 interlace vs (?) 620x400 noninterlace
Message-ID: <6731@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 2 May 89 13:25:39 GMT
References: <14423@louie.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: thomas@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Thomas QA)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <14423@louie.udel.EDU> STU00@vx.acss.umn.edu (Stuart Stanley) writes:
> 
> 
> Heres a question to the net that I think might clear things up some:
> 
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> 
> So heres the question.  Suppose you had a RGB monitor that actaully was,
> say 1048*400.  Could you open a screen 1048*400 and NOT be in interlace
> mode?  

This won't work.  Just because the monitor is capable of displaying an image
that's 1048x400 doesn't mean that the Amiga can generate one.  The limitation
on horizontal resolution is the speed at which pixels are displayed.  The
Amiga displays 70ns pixels in hires and 140ns pixels in lores.  This is
what determines the resolution of the displayed image and won't change unless
hardware in the Amiga changes (e.g. ECS).

           Dave
-- 
Dave Thomas, Commodore Amiga Test Engineering
UUCP  ...{allegra,rutgers}!cbmvax!thomas