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From: uggbrand@sunybcs.uucp (G. Brandon Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Atari screen rez
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Date: 12 Jun 89 03:53:52 GMT
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In article <9338@boulder.Colorado.EDU> rademach@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Simon Rademacher) writes:
>In article <16615@gryphon.COM> richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:

>If I remember correctly from when I did comparison shopping, you get the
>Atari in either a color or monochome configuration.  The computer adjusts
>its mode according to what kind of monitor is attached.  (Yes, this means
>you have to use an Atari monitor so the computer can "read" it.)  In the
>color mode, the display is 320x200 w/ 16 colors.  The monochrome is 640x400
>non interlaced.
	Right. With the Atari ST, you can have 320x200 mode and
640x200 modes in color with the color system, or you can only have a
640x400 mode in B/W, which is basically the same as a Mac 512x512
screen.

>
>For me, I said to myself, "If I got the Atari, I would have to go with the
>color set-up.  But if I get the Amiga, I get a mode with the same resolution,
>but with more colors.  I also have the availability of 640x400 at no extra
>cost, which isn't possible with the Atari color set-up.  And no matter how bad
>interlace looks, it'd be better than nothing at all."
	That's the same reasoning I came to. I thought commodore did
an excellent job of at least allowing people use the mode without
buying extra monitors. If someone wants non-flickering interlace mode,
buy a better monitor (as in the Atari ST) or buy the flicker fixer
boards. For me, I'm content not spending a dime getting a great
640x400 16 COLOR mode that doesn't flicker almost at all when I turn
down the contrast.

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>=          Simon Rademacher           =
>= rademach%tramp@boulder.colorado.edu =


Brandon