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Short: 72hz NTSC monitor driver WORKS!
Author: Jess Sosnoski
Uploader: starblaz@postoffice.ptd.net
Type: hard/hack
Long:
This is a replacement for the euro36 icon that emulates ntsc.
It replaces my old hack of nt72, and works waaaay better.
Just change a couple 'o tooltypes and you can make it do pal too.
Requirements:
An Amiga with 2.x+, and a 2.1 or higher euro36 monitor driver.
A monitor that will either handle a 72hz refresh rate, or a monitor with
a vertical hold. An Amiga 1080, or Commodore 2002 will work--I tested it
on both. (Well, the monitors are virtually identical anywayz)
I don't know if this requires ECS or above, if it works on OCS, email me.
I don't know what It'll do to a TV.
Results:
Less flicker in interlace!
Disclaimer:
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
I take NO responsibility whatsoever by the use/abuse of this hacked monitor.
(if it makes your monitor blow up...tough!)
Like the ITAL36 driver's docs say: You have been warned.
Compatibility:
Tested with a variety of applications and games.
Some OS-unfriendly programs that bang the hardware to do ntsc-pal switches
will very likely mess things up.
Caveats:
NO VERTICAL OVERSCAN, YOU ARE NOW LIMITED TO 200 or 400 pixel high screens!
(The cost of a higher refresh rate on ECS)
WEIRD STUFF:
Contacting the hacker....
(Well, I'm NOT the author of the monitor, just the hacker of the monitor)
Snail-Mail:
Jess Sosnoski
651 Hillside Drive
Mount Carmel, PA 17851-2463
USA
Phone: (yea..right)
(717) 339-4796
Email:
starblaz@postoffice.ptd.net
Web Page:
COMING SOON
*NOTE* if you're using UNd64, addfreq, or tinypalntsc, send mail for that
to the above address instead of the one listed in the docs for those files.
Oh, yea, if you've read Kick31onA600, send to above address too.
Enjoy...Knock Yourselves out!
History:
1.0 Hacked CBM's v40 ntsc driver, didn't always work as planned, and
I even had to write a little 64-byte executable to bang the hardware
to get it to work right in some circumstances. This proved unstable
when using pic-viewers 'n' stuff that banged the hardware...forcing
me to use the 64-byte banger every time it got unbanged.
2.0 Messed with the euro36 driver until it stopped bending the top of
my screen over to the right.
It turned out that I had to set the tooltype: VBSTOP=200
I also decided not to change the name/screenmode of the driver,
because I didn't know what effect it would have, and of course,
Laziness!
============================= Archive contents =============================
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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1380 836 39.4% 16-Mar-96 21:06:12 Euro36.info
2450 1399 42.8% 16-Mar-96 21:16:30 NT70.readme
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3830 2235 41.6% 16-Mar-96 12:47:40 2 files