Posted by Andy Geez on October 25, 1999 at 18:49:17:
In Reply to: Problem Solved!! posted by =-JacK-= on October 25, 1999 at 18:32:42:
Hooray glad you got it sorted.
Believe it or not, standard resolution monitors width can be massive, anything upto 1600 I believe, they are just limited to the CRT height which is 240 (NTSC) and 256 (PAL), although adjusting the frequency you can get more lines ~57hz = 256, ~30hz = 480.
I hope that clears up the monitor res that everybody seems to confused about.
What happens in 640x480 mode is the same as 640x480 run on a monitor,we just don't see the lines it draws for scanlines. (hence a interlaced image), width is doubled (providing it can be doubled).
Even though it has to double pixels it is far quicker than modex modes (well banked ones anyway).