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From: bobl@pro-graphics.cts.com (Bob Lindabury)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Flicker nixer?
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Date: 6 Jan 90 03:56:01 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com

>>>>> On 2 Jan 90 06:47:13 GMT, dpz@convex.com (David Paul Zimmerman) said:

> david> Howdy... I'm on the verge of buying an Amiga 500.
> [comments about interlace flicker, and possible solutions]
> david> What have YOU done that works for you?  My price range tops out at about $400.
> 
> Memory and Storage Technologies (MAST) has announced the Flick-off, a
> deinterlacer card that works on all Amigas.  It installs in the Denise
> slot and costs about $399.  This info is about two months old; I don't
> know if they are actually shipping a product yet.  Check an Amiga
> magazine for their address/phone, or maybe somebody could post it.
> 
> david> If this problem is widespread enough, the answers might want to be included in
> david> the monthly comp.sys.amiga intro...
> 
> Interlace flicker should definitely be addressed in the monthly info.
> 
> --M
> __
> \/  Michael Portuesi	Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.

Seems to me that the best solution to interlace flicker is to wait for
Commodore to release it's new Denise chip with the new Productivity 640x400
non-interlaced mode.  I think purchasing any of these stop-gap devices that
reduce flicker for a 500 or a 2000 is just a waste of money at this point.  I
imagine the Denise chip is going to be far less than one of these items
anyway.  Since prototypes are already out there to developers, I would think
that the release date is just around the corner.

-- Bob
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