Re: VGA to Monitor GS (Was Re: Apple IIGS on a VGA monitor...the hard way?)

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Dave Althoff <dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:

> Backwards again.  Yes, the refreshes are in 1/50 second, but it is 1/25
> per FRAME.  Note that 1/25 > 1/30 which means that the rest of the world
> is looking at *fewer* fields each second that the Americans and the
> Japanese.

Yep.  I hardly notice it, though.

> On the other hand, the decreased field rate also means that
> there is more time to cover the screen, which can result in higher
> resolution.  I forget how many scanlines there are on a PAL monitor...

PAL is 625 lines, compared to 525 lines for NTSC.

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