Re: Hicolor DOOM shots anywhere?

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From: David Vu
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1993 02:18

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In article <phillips.742462419@swanee>, phillips@swanee.ee.uwa.edu.au (Christopher Phillips) writes:
> 
> On a more relevant note, if they use their colours well, they should easily
> be able to get 160x200x32k to look far superior to 320x200x256.
> The value of anti-aliasing is not to be underestimated.
> 
> I really wish that PCs could do Xres*200 without double-scanning.  Most
> of the blockyness of such modes is the result of having horribly
> square pixels.  Now if we could just persuade a monitor manufacturer
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Er, I thought the blockiness of such modes is the result of not using anti-
aliasing.  I definitely prefer the double-scanning than the interleaving of
black lines on most amiga display units.

BTW, if your monitor has a height adjustment, you can increase the height
of the picture to get those black lines in.

.David.

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