On Thursday 13 December 2012, you wrote: > Hi there, > > I was recently asked an interesting question. > > Is it possible to take a 50Hz PET (with CRTC) and run it with 60Hz timing? > Same the other way round, can I take a 60Hz PET and run it with 50Hz > timing? > > What are the limits of the screen hardware with respect to timing etc? > > Is there a difference in that between the 9" and the 12" screens? *afaik* you can do this fine, and there is no technical reason for the screen not to display whatever (valid) timing you program into the CRTC. somewhere i read that the reason for why they used 50 or 60 hz respectively was so when the screen is used in environment with neon light you will not get super annoying interferences - sounds convincing to me :) -- http://www.hitmen-console.org http://magicdisk.untergrund.net http://www.pokefinder.org http://ftp.pokefinder.org I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. <Bjarne Stroustrup> Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2012-12-13 02:00:05
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