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Re: Amiga NTSC Line Doubling

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From: Roland Bengtsson
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 22:42
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 >:Somebody had mentioned to me that the Amiga (the 3000 to be specific) had 
 >:the capabilites to do NTSC and PAL line doubling.

 >:As a none Amiga user, I'm curious if this is true, and if so has anybody 
 >:applied this to a home-theater setup?  It seems like this would be a 
 >:terrific alternative to the Faroudja Line-Doubler which can cost well over 
 >:$10K.

I don't know what this "Faroudja" is, but I have a A3000 and it simply double the PAL
signal 15 KHZ to VGA 30 KHZ so I can use a standard VGA-monitor for PC to watch PAL & NTSC
screens. It's a great trick indeed, and it's the only Amiga that handle this by default.

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From: roland.bengtsson@mbox3.swipnet.se (Roland Bengtsson)
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Subject: Re: Amiga NTSC Line Doubling
Date: 25 Jan 1996 22:42:07 GMT
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