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#Flicker drives me nuts

    06-Apr-94 12:16:34
Fm: Wayne Steele 76276,3371
To: Carl Hansen 75300,1050
Super72 800×600 is interlaced, even on AGA. It doesn't flicker as bad as NTSC 640×400 interlaced because it uses a 72-Hz refresh as opposed to a 60-Hz one. To get a non-interlaced AGA display, you need to use DblNTSC or DblPAL. You can also avoid flicker by using the non-interlaced resolutions of the other modes. For example, Super72 800×300 is not interlaced. To totally avoid flicker in all resolutions, a hardware de-interlacer is required. You should download the latest version of MonEd. It'll allow you to tweak sizes, positions, and frequencies of your monitor drivers. Also, see if you can get a copy of the 1942 setup disk. Although you don't have a 1942, the new monitor drivers, overscan prefs, and setpatch programs should help your situation. There is a fix on-line here for the vertical banding problem that some A1200's and A4000's suffer. It's an easy fix that's applied to the 23 to 15 pin adapter.