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- Hints and Tips
- 8.6
- • DPatch/DongleKey − Contrary to S Goddard’s comments about DPatch (8.5
- p32), in my experience, DPatch is needed on the Risc PC if a Publisher
- dongle is fitted, but Publisher has not been loaded. Any comments? F
- Jukes, Leeds.
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- • Mode summary − This was written for those with hires/multisync
- monitors and shows what is available.
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- The choice of screen mode is a trade-off between the various factors and
- how much you want to get on the screen and one time.
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- Refresh speeds depend on the individual, but I find the 51Hz of mode 102
- flickers too much on my monitor, so I designed 107. The higher the
- better with refresh rates.
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- Speed refers to how much the screen mode slows down the ordinary Acorn
- computer. To keep the screen re-drawing quickly, use a mode with a
- higher figure.
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- Square screen modes give a better idea of what the final result will be
- like, though rectangular modes are usually quite adequate except for
- accurate graphic work.
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- All the information was gathered using Flip Top from Computer Concepts.
- Steve Hutchinson, Gloucester.
- 8.6
- • Style/Publisher file sizes − Robert Lytton was writing about graphics
- eating up disc space when used on several master pages within an
- Impression document. I had the same problem with my “stationery”
- document, containing master pages for A4 letterhead, A5, US letter (for
- sending a fax to North America), comp slip, etc − each had my squiggly
- logo − about 30Kb compressed.
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- I was pleased to find that Impression’s ‘Select-Adjust trick’ works:
- Make a blank frame on each master page, drop the graphic into one of
- them, then click <Select> on it and <Adjust> in all the others. Bingo!
- The graphic appears wherever you want it but only once in memory. The
- “master” chapter behaves in the same way as ordinary chapters in the
- document. Jim Nagel, Glastonbury.
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- • Updating software − When updating a piece of software, it is tempting
- to simply copy the new version over the old version with the newer
- option set. This is not ideal, however, since it leaves old redundant
- files in the application, taking up space. Therefore it is better to
- delete the old version (or move it elsewhere if you are worried about
- losing it) before installing the new. Roger Darlington, Manchester. A
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- Mode Size Memory Refresh Speed Colours Shape
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- Acorn standard modes
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- 12 640×256 96k 100Hz 4.79 16 Rect
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- 20 640×512 160k 51Hz 4.7 16 Square
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- 21 640×512 320k 51Hz 2.59 256 Square
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- 27 640×480 160k 59Hz 4.57 16 Square
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- 28 640×480 320k 59Hz 2.12 256 Square
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- 31 800×600 256k 37Hz 4.69 16 Square
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- 39 896×352 160k 60Hz 4.51 16 Rect
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- 40 896×352 320k 60Hz 2.08 256 Rect
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- Modes from Newmodes, VIDC enhancer or WW modes
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- 66 832×288 128k 79Hz 4.57 16 Rect
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- 67 832×288 256k 79Hz 2.03 256 Rect
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- 98 800×600 256k 57Hz 4.99 16 Square
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- (99 should be 256 colour version, but my Taxan 770+ won’t work with it)
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- 102 1152×448 256k 51Hz 5.06 16 Rect
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- 107 1088×432 256k 60Hz 5.13 16 Rect
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