Re: Apple ][gs VGA Card

[phillip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough)]

In article <bazyarCwqL6M.Ao@netcom.com> bazyar@netcom.com (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:
>ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean) writes:
>
>>That means the card must have 1024 x 768 = 768K of memory. By the way, I
>>assume this to mean:
>
>  The card comes with 512K memory standard (so far). You can 
>have up to 1MB of VRAM.
>
>>320 x 200, 640 x 200 and 640 x 400 are all resolutions supported on Apple
>>monitor only. The 640 x 400 are interlaced.
>
>  Right so far.

Why not PAL support (640x256)? On the GS monitor this is rather nice. 640x400
flickers quite a bit ( on the GS monitor). I ran an Amiga for a while on
a GS monitor in PAL mode, and those extra 56 lines made quite a difference.

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