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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Anding on September 06, 2006, 09:59:39 AM
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Hi,
Does A1200 DBLPAL mode look roughly the same on screen as PAL mode? I ask because if so I can use a VGA adaptor and monitor for workbench, shell and applications. Is this route likely to be successful?
Regards and thanks,
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If you really want to use a vga monitor then use the screenmode Double Pal Hires No Flicker because then you can really stretch the screen to use as much as possible while still keeping a very stable image. Have tried it on an 1230/4 with a 19" monitor to handle my mails and do surfing with Voyager 3 ...
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Beware though, DBLPal is slooooow.... especially with more than 32 colours in WB. Quite a lot slower than ordinary PAL it seems...
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@Anding
PAL hires interlaced (640 x 512) should lok the same ona a VGA monitor in DblPAL mode. I think it is one of the most ingenious resolutions ever created by Commodore. Because it doesn do the stupid 640 x 480 of PC computers thus making the image looked Squashed or stretched.
Its not slow in my experience as some say. I use 64 colors witha 68030 and it seems the same to me.
except of course I use DblNTSC because I am in USA and use NTSC.
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Why not EURO72 ?
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except of course I use DblNTSC because I am in USA and use NTSC.
Actually I think that DBLNTSC feels quite a lot faster than DBLPAL. Probably because the size of the screen is much smaller on dblNTSC...
Why not EURO72 ?
That´s a cool screenmode! Not as sharp as dblPAL, but much faster and it allows resolution up to at least 1024x768 (with some tweaking).