Workbench ... more questions (flickering)

[Khephren]

See if your TV suports NTSC as well. That runs at 60fps rather than PAL 50, would reduce flicker a little bit.
Also, wasn't there a hacked euro36 screen mode that worked on a normal TV and reduced flicker? might have just been on WB 3.0 though...

[Khephren]

Ah, ok. 1084S is a TV style monitor though, not proper a amiga  style multisync (I'm stretching the old memory back to the 90's, so bear with me!)
It should do 60hz, and so reduce your flicker, at the expense of resolution.

As somebody mentioned, there are tools to change the look of workbench. You should use them to eliminated single width vertical lines(by doubling up), and tone down harsh boundary contrast wherever you can.

That's the closest you'll get to flicker free in interlace on a TV style monitor.

Also I used to use the hacked euro36 driver (which should be somewhere on aminet), it worked on my old PAL 50hz portable telly, and reduced flicker to below that of even NTSC. Combined with tools mentioned above, you can almost (but never quite) eliminate flicker.

[Khephren]

I think I remember what you are talking about. He just rescaled the icons so they looked good on a non interlaced hires screen. I don't know where they are now.
Might be worth asking on /eab.abime.net
I'll have a look on my old cover CD's see if I can find it.

[Khephren]

Nice one. Post a screen shot!
Small bench, now I remember....but too late!