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- SetSpeed v1.0
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-
- DISTRIBUTION:
-
- This program is copyright 1990 Chris Simpson, but can be freely
- distributed by any means as long as the source code and this file are
- included in the distribution.
-
- INTRODUCTION:
-
- Newer versions of the Amiga are fitted with the Fatter Agnus chip which,
- amongst other things, allows you to specify whether to run your machine at
- 50 or 60Hz. On PAL machines with a good quality display, this causes the
- screen to strech so that only the top 200 lines can be seen on the screen,
- but the machine runs faster. With a poorer quality display, the screen
- flickers badly, but the increase in speed still occurs. As NTSC machines
- already run at 60Hz (I think!) no speed increase can be obtained, but
- somebody somewhere might find a use for the 50Hz mode.
-
- USAGE:
-
- SetSpeed works from the CLI only. Typing "SetSpeed" without any command
- line parameters will cause a brief help message to appear telling you what
- to do. To set the speed, use "SetSpeed x" where x is either an "S" or "F"
- to select slow (50Hz) or fast (60Hz) mode. The value of x can be either
- upper or lower case. To change the speed at a later time, just run the
- program again, but supply the opposite speed as a value of x.
-
- COMMENTS:
-
- Mail any comments, bug reports or suggestions to me at the following
- e-mail address :
- simpsonc@uk.ac.man.cs.p4
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