Subject: [stella] Interlace From: David Conrad Schweinsberg <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 21:59:21 +0100 |
Hi! Something I've been wondering about for a while but haven't yet had the opportunity to try out, as it requires the "real thing". By the way, Nick, I know about the Supercharger - it's just the hassle of getting one paid-for from and sent to the UK! What is stopping a 2600 programmer from signaling a TV in an interlaced fashion? As far as I can see, this would just entail VSYNCing for two-and-a-half lines instead of three, and coding to ensure that odd and even fields were dealt with correctly. There would be numerous problems and hassles working with interlace I admit, but it would be technically interesting (and it effectively doubles the 2600's resolution!) Perhaps more interesting would be special effects - depending on the persistence of the screen phosphors, would an interlaced display be brighter than a non-interlaced one (more pixels being illuminated within a given area). And what if the lines were partly converged (by syncing between 2.5 and 3 lines). I was just a thought :-) Regards, David. -- Archives updated once/day at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsubscribing and other info at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/stella.html
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