rosner@europa.asd.contel.com (John J. Rosner) (10/03/90)
I have an Amiga 3000/25 100 and so does a neighbor of mine. When I go into prefs and select screenmode for Hi-res interlace the default comes up 640 x 400, no great surprise. My neighbor's comes up 724 x 482, I'm suddenly envious. We both run Workbench 36.68 but my kickstart was 36.141, it's now 36.143 like his but no difference in screen size. When I change the screen size to 724 x 482 I simply get a virtual screen of that size and not a larger display screen like his. Is this a difference in the chip set as his machine is obviously a little newer than mine? If so how do I upgrade? -- John J. Rosner (703)818-4259
zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) (10/13/90)
In article <1012900835rosner@asd.contel.com> rosner@europa.asd.contel.com (John J. Rosner) writes: >I have an Amiga 3000/25 100 and so does a neighbor of mine. When I go into >prefs and select screenmode for Hi-res interlace the default comes up 640 >x 400, no great surprise. My neighbor's comes up 724 x 482, I'm suddenly >envious. We both run Workbench 36.68 but my kickstart was 36.141, it's now >36.143 like his but no difference in screen size. When I change the screen >size to 724 x 482 I simply get a virtual screen of that size and not a larger >display screen like his. Is this a difference in the chip set as his machine >is obviously a little newer than mine? If so how do I upgrade? Nah. Your "friend" just didn't tell you about overscan. One of the preference programs (I forget exactly what it is called) will let you twiddle little blocks around on the screen to make an outline of the most space you have on the screen. This is called an Overscan editor. After you save the dimensions in this manner, WorkBench will know about it, and use the extra pixel space, without having to fool around with virtual screens. Of course, the larger screen requires more memory, but the Japanese are still friendly with their chip prices, so who cares? Consult the 2.0 docs about Preferences for more information. >John J. Rosner Dan Zerkle zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (916) 754-0240 Amiga... Because life is too short for boring computers.
bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson) (10/13/90)
In article <1012900835rosner@asd.contel.com> rosner@europa.asd.contel.com (John J. Rosner) writes: >I have an Amiga 3000/25 100 and so does a neighbor of mine. When I go into >prefs and select screenmode for Hi-res interlace the default comes up 640 >x 400, no great surprise. My neighbor's comes up 724 x 482, I'm suddenly >envious. We both run Workbench 36.68 but my kickstart was 36.141, it's now >36.143 like his but no difference in screen size. When I change the screen >size to 724 x 482 I simply get a virtual screen of that size and not a larger >display screen like his. Is this a difference in the chip set as his machine >is obviously a little newer than mine? If so how do I upgrade? > -- >John J. Rosner Take a look at the Preferences editor called "OverScan" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Brian Jackson Software Engineer @ Commodore-Amiga Inc. GEnie: B.J. | | bj@cbmvax.commodore.com or ...{uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!bj | | "Fasten your seatbelt, I want to try something." | -----------------------------------------------------------------------