Re: A89: ROM 1.05 and grayscales


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Re: A89: ROM 1.05 and grayscales




We could all just boycott rom 1.05 and have all asm support be for 1.00.  
That seems to be what most people are doing anyway.


In a message dated 8/27/99 9:14:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
xvassor@mail.dotcom.fr writes:

> You maybe know that the grayscales no longer work on the new 1.05 ROM
>  I think I've found out why : you know the greyscale handler relies on auto
>  interrupt one which runs at 300 Hz. This handler switches 2 virtual screens
>  in B&W, giving the impression of 4 gray levels, and then RUNS THE OLD AUTO
>  INT 1 HANDLER, ie the TIOS one in most cases.
>  
>  The problem is that it seems that the auto int 1 handler from the new 1.05
>  ROM is too slow to allow a sufficient refresh rate -> there is no
>  impression of 4 grayscales..
>  
>  So, what ? The solution'd be that the grayscale handler no longer calls the
>  old auto int 1 handler, but this will prevent the program to use functions
>  such as userlib::idle_loop, as well as the APD features when it is running
>  in grayscales.
>  
>  What should I do ?


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