Article-I.D.: sbcs.7
Posted: Mon Nov  4 15:44:40 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 08:23:38 EST
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Organization: Computer Science Dept, SUNY@Stony Brook
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 >  Has anybody tried looking at 640x200 text with a 'scan-doubler' (which
 >  replicates each line in the first half-frame into the line immediately
 >  below it in the second half-frame.)?  I'll bet that the text and icons
 >  would look quite acceptable that way.  Has anybody tried a simple
 >  software kludge that sends out interlaced 640x400 to the monitor, but
 >  the second half-frame is just an exact copy of the first half-frame?
 >  With a simple hardware patch to replace the software kludge, it should
 >  ...
 > 
 >  Rick Thomas
 >  ihnp4!attunix!rbt


No need, I remember reading in the ROM Kernel manual that AMIGA already
supports interlacing by doubling scan lines. It requires just a few
lines of C code (and away you go).

						Perry S. Kivolowitz