Subject: VideoModes 101
To: None <bard@tiamat.chaldea.com>
From: None <dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca>
List: amiga-dev
Date: 11/20/1995 21:43:35
>>>>> "David" == David Hopper <bard@tiamat.chaldea.com> writes:
David> My current resolution of choice is -MODE 9, which is
David> undocumented in any /etc/grfmodes that I've seen. It is
David> hard-coded as an 1152x900, 8-bit, 56 kHz Horizontal and 60.5 Hz
David> Vertical mode. It's beautiful, but I'd like to get this in 16
David> bits. Possible with 2 megs, because (1152 x 900 x 2) / 1024 =
David> 2025.
My... a Sun fan, are you? 1152x900 is Sun's favorite
resolution for it's 8 bit cards (mono is usually 1600x1200). Never
really thought about why, but the 2 meg thing makes sense. Sun,
however, uses something like 62 Hz purposely to defeat flourescent
interaction.
Dave.
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