CompuServe Messages

Wayne, the 704 x 470 figure is the maximum obtainable for the workbench using Wb 1.3 preferences and morerows. Microway likes to spec things in a conservative, understandable way. It is obviously pointless to claim a horizontal resolution which is greater that the Amiga is capable of displaying. The NTSC flickerFixer actually displays all of the possible vertical overscan, 481 pixels. It displays 716 pixels horizontally. This horizontal limit is the maximum possible without display artifacts using the current, non-ECS Denise. When the ECS Denise is released, Microway may sell an option (just a different socketed pal chip) to expand the horizontal resolution. However, I'm not sure that the extra 20 or so pixels are worth the expense of the ECS Denise. The other new features of the ECS denise are, in my opinion, not very useful to most users. Under 2.0, the workbench can be expanded up to 716 x 480 with the preferences editor using a standard Denise chip and flickerFixer. Peter.