James wrote:
> Wasn't it Sinclair User?
Oops! Yes, you're quite right. It was Sinclair User - issue 99.
Colin
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> > 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 - flicki
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 coo
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
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'
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 r
Dave wrote:
> Anyway, it seems my TV doesn't realise the signal is not interlaced!
Hmmm... sounds an interesting telly! The "comb effect" definitely shows it's
interlacing. I've not come across a telly that will automatically interlace
non-interlaced video before - although I have seen one that re
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 ot
