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ST Monochrome *not* interlaced.

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From: Landon Dyer
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1986 01:16
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The Atari ST's monochrome video is *not* interlaced.  It runs at 71hz.
It was done this way so the screen would look good.

The color display runs at 50hz or 60hz depending on the setting of
the PAL/NTSC bit in the shifter configuration register.


-Landon
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From: dyer@atari.UUcp (Landon Dyer)
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Subject: ST Monochrome *not* interlaced.
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Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 20:16:16 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 26 20:16:16 1986
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Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA
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Keywords: Atari ST monochrome monitor