Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
From: stud11@cc4.kuleuven.ac.be (Lode Vande Sande)
Distribution: world
Date: Thursday, 15 Oct 1992 20:09:57 +01
Organization: K.U.Leuven - Academic Computing Center
Subject: Re: A4000 has no "deinterlacer" -- ALL IDIOTS WHO DONT UNDERSTAND READ THIS!

In article <1992OCT15.170746.24859@MERCURY.UNT.EDU>, west@ponder.csci.unt.edu writes:
>    It seems many of you still don't understand anything, so I'm going to say it
> one more time.  Hopefully a caught your attention so all the clueless people
> out there can read the following:
>
> THE A4000 HAS ABSOLUTELY POSITIVLY NO USE FOR A DEINTERLACER!!!!
>
>    Got it?  Do you understand?  The "Double" modes eliminate flicker.  Some
> illegal programs will open there own screen - thus causing flicker.  Not only
> will these programs get fixed - but there are already a host of utilities that
> will force all programs into these double modes.  Thus SOFTWARE will cause a
> DEINTERLACED rock steady display.  Do we all understand this?


  Nah nah, I've seen an A4000 (my friend has one), and most screens are *NOT*
opened in a Double-mode !  Even with promotion turned on, any screen that
is opened with the LACE flag set will be in interlace (at least that's what
it looks like at the first look).  Now for the good news : this doesn't mean
these screens can't be deinterlaced (read displayed as Double-modes).  Ok,
promotion isn't like we would like it to be, but there are already some
utilities to force screens with a size that'll fit, to open in DoubleNTSC.
Try Nico Francois (author of PowerPacker, and a lot of other Power...
stuff) for some more info on this.  Oh yeah, Nico Francois also has an A4000
now, and I will be getting one RSN.

  I've only got one tiny problem with the A4000 !  Those damned 15KHz modes.
I would like to add a graphics board to the A4000, but I can't seem to find
a monitor that does 15, 24, and 31-72 KHz.  The last range is handled by
the NEC 4FG, but can it handle 15 and 24 ?  If someone knows such a monitor
for a decent price, EMAIL ME !!!

>    Good, I hope I won't have to read this crap anymore.  And, imo, 256,000
> colors out of a palatte of 16 mil possible in ALL available resolutions one
> hell of a "base" display.  It's enough to get you photorealistic and more than
> enough for multimedia applications (Amiga's american market, for those of you
> who havn't noticed).
>
>
>
> bitch bitch bitch
> Ciao....
>
>
>                                                  - Jason
>

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