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IIgs video modes...
- Subject: IIgs video modes...
- From: "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:19:00 -0800
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I apparently don't have a IIgs schematic, so I'd like to ask about
video generation on the IIgs. (Wouldn't it be great to have an
"Understanding the Apple IIgs"?)
The traditional (non-IIgs) video modes all fit their video into
a 40-cycle "window", based on a 140-/280-/560-pixel width, and have
a video dot clock of 7MHz or 14MHz.
The IIgs introduces the SHR modes, which have 320- and 640-pixel
widths.
Is the display "window" for the SHR modes still 40 microseconds
wide--implying a different pixel rate--or does the "border" shrink
for the SHR modes to allow room for more pixels at the same rate(s)?
-michael
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