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From: slfields@uokmax.uucp (Scott L Fields)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Monitor question
Keywords: wha?
Message-ID: <1990Mar5.190906.636@uokmax.uucp>
Date: 5 Mar 90 19:09:06 GMT
References: <4401@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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In article <4401@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) writes:
>
>	I don't understand something about monitors.  If I put up a 640x200
>screen on my 13" Commodore 1080 monitor, it practically fills the monitor
>screen.  This is no problem.
>
>	Suppose I have a 13" multisync monitor with higher resolution and
>smaller pixels -- say 1280x750.  I put up the same screen.  How should it
>show up?
>
>	(a)	Smaller (in inches) than the screen on my 1080, with a huge
>		"dead area" surrounding it?
>	(b)	The same size (in inches) as the screen on my 1080, but
>		with "enlarged" pixels?  (That is, magnified.)
>	(c)	Something else?
>
>Are things different if this is an interlaced screen?
>
>What in the world happens if I request overscan?
Well, Since it is a multisync monitor, When you connect it to your computer
it will sync up to the amiga's video. This will have the affect that your
multisync will act like a 1080 resolution wise. The way it will look would
be most like (b). Chances are the picture will have more border area than
your monitor. In such a case, the overscan modes should easier to view.
{more border area viewable}. It is a little hard to explain just exactly
what your monitor is doing but the described affect will be what happens.