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From: hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: increased resolution on normal ST (50%)
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Date: 30 Apr 89 13:10:15 GMT
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In article <8904291649.AA04850@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> HOESEL@HGRRUG52.BITNET writes:
%in the german magazine 'ST magazine' dated 5/89 there is a discription of
%a extremely simple and low-cost (2 dollar) change discriped, that gives
%the atari a resolution of 840*568 points (on a normal atari monochrome
%monitor sm124/125)
%programs like 1st word plus, calamus or gfa basic 3.04 seem to run perfectly
%using this increased graphics area.
%Besides the hardware change (2 diodes, 2 resistors, 1 transistor,
%1 capicitor, and one switch) the only thing needed is a small program to
%tell GEM about the bigger area.

That'd eat a bit more RAM up to, of course. Probably slows you down even more,
'cause ya get more HBLANKs to process, eh?

Sounds interesting though - how liberal is this magazine's reproduction
policy? Could this article be posted to the net in some form?
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