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Article #6Re: Strange graphic modes..
From: Quantum Porcupine
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 20:17
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 20:17
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Fabio Bizzetti wrote:
>
> >(This has been crossposted to amiga.demos and amiga.graphics)
>
> >In article <4kgqme$2dh@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de>,
> >DAVID LIEBERMANN <deel@ldvgpi02.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de> wrote:
> >>
> >>I have collected quite some pictures from competitions and from other
> >>sources and I just lately wondered if there is a special program around
> >>to view all pictures in the correct aspect ratio. For example, I wonder
> >>what resolution is best for strange sizes like 640x512 (like lots of
> >>competition entries) or 320x256 (Exactly half in x&y. Maybe there is a
> >>640x512 resolution (with doublescan in both x and y ??) that my card
> >>doesn't know..). And I also got some pictures in 368x283. Where are
> >>those from ??
>
> >Those are mostly Amiga modes, with the last one looking vaguely
> >like a C64 resolution.
>
> Since when C64's VicII had 368x283?
> Now that I think about.. it was rather a ZX80 resolution... :^)
er, actually... the C64 had two resolutions, 320x200 and 160x100. if i
understand correctly, the PAL (european) version also had an extended (i.e.
kludged tweaked :) resolution of 320x240.
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