2008/5/21 Thomas Harte [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Also, one further question: am I right to think that the Sam has no
means of producing interlaced video?
It's funny you should mention that... I recently got a new LCD TV (a nice
Samsung 32, unfortunately not Full HD though...) and just the other day
2008/5/22 Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Now the question is, depending how the TV is interlacing the frames, and how
many frames there's been since the SAM was powered up - when the 'Interlaced
Pictures' from FRED are loaded the frames might show with the intended
'interlacing', or be
Dave wrote:
I seem to remember there was a cover tape on one of the magazines that
had a new display mode that swapped between two screens at 50Hz or
something. Can't remember if it was interlacing or some method of
increasing colours. My memory is vague...
Yes, it was Simon Goodwin's
2008/5/22 Colin Piggot [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Yes, it was Simon Goodwin's routine on a Crash cover tape in 1990 or so. On
the frame interrupt it toggled between two screens with different palettes,
which looked absolutely horrid though on the TV's I'd tried it on. Other
routines in the issue did
Funny that about your TV.
I had a TV that wouldn't display a picture from the SAM correctly way
back when I first bought it (I had one out of the first batch of 100
made). I told them and was invited down for the day while we tried
different things and I met Alan Miles etc. which was pretty
Yes, it was Simon Goodwin's routine on a Crash cover tape in 1990 or so. On
the frame interrupt it toggled between two screens with different palettes,
which looked absolutely horrid though on the TV's I'd tried it on. Other
routines in the issue did MODE 3 interlacing - flicking
