Re: Guru Meditation Exact Visual Specs

From: Gerrit Heitsch <gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 08:07:11 +0200
Message-ID: <040d259d-832d-28c3-c96b-88b6a3791508@laosinh.s.bawue.de>
On 08/12/2016 12:10 AM, Christian Euler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am 11.08.2016 um 22:09 schrieb silverdr@wfmh.org.pl:
>>> Alerts are displayed on a default PAL (or NTSC) 2-colour hires screen
>>> mode.
>>
>> That's what I mean - what is the "default" (not set by Workbench). If
>> there is no code for setting the mode to either PAL or NTSC and both
>> ROM and hardware were shared between PAL and NTSC countries then how
>> did it decide which mode to use for the Guru?
> PAL and NTSC machines use different Agnus chips:
>
> 252125-01    IC 8361 AGNUS NTSC    AMIGA-1000
> 252362-01    IC 8367 AGNUS PAL    AMIGA-1000
> 318069-02    IC 8372 FATAGNUS    AMIGA-2000
> 318069-03    IC 8375 HIRES AGNUS    2M A-3000
> 318069-10    IC 8375 R2 AGNUS HR    PAL SMT A-500+/A-600
> 318069-11    IC 8375 R2 AGNUS HR    NTSC SMT
> 318069-16    IC 8375 R01M HR AGNUS    PAL 65NS AMIGA-2000
> 318069-17    IC 8375 R01M HR AGNUS    NTSC 65NS AMIGA-2000
> 318069-18    IC SM CSG 8375R0 SUP    AGNUS
> 318070-01    IC 8370 R3 FAT AGNUS    NTSC AMIGA-500
> 318071-01    IC 8371 R1 FAT AGNUS    PAL AMIGA-500
> 390544-01    IC 8375 FAT AGNUS    AMIGA-500+
> 390544-02    IC 8375 AGNUS 2 MEG    NTSC A500+

That list is not quite correct...

The A3000 came with 8372AB or 8372B while the A2000 and A500 used the 
8372A until they switched over to the 8375. It was never explained why 
there was a 8375, the 8372 was already ECS and could address 2 MB in the 
version used in the A3000.

  Gerrit



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