Re: Apple ][gs VGA Card

[bazyar@netcom.com (Jawaid Bazyar)]

m_spect@pavo.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) writes:

>	For those who intend to connect the Second Sight to their existing
>AppleColor RGB monitors, would that 640x400 (interlaced) be in 256 or 
>32,768 colors on screen at once?

  256 colors.

>	I assume "scanline doubling" eliminates the visable scanlines
>that are often noticable on the GS, correct? (ie - those very thin black 
>lines you see inbetween 80 columns text and most graphic modes on the GS). 

  Correct.

>One question though...will this have the side-effect of "blocky" pixels
>in the 320x200 modes? Anyone who's worked with IBMs knows what I'm talking
>about, those very corse and square looking pixels in MCGA (320x200x256)
>graphic displays. As 320x200 is *STILL* an essential resolution mode for
>doing quick animation in games (and demos), I hope we won't get the MCGA 
>blockiness side-effect passed down from the IBM to the IIGS. :-)

  I'm afraid so. However, if you really want to, you can
undoubtedly program the SVGA chip to run 320x200 in non-scanline
doubled mode on the Apple monitor.

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