[Open-graphics] bootstrapping the video mode (outputting VGA text)

[Lourens Veen]

On Thursday 10 August 2006 02:53, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>
> I also wonder (I do that and > 90% of the time it goes nowhere, but
> occasionally I come up with something) if PAL TV sets will run at 60
> Hz vertical field rate?  If so, they would probably be able to
> display VGA since the horizontal (interlaced) scan rates are about
> the same (15625 vs. 15750).

Most do, it's called PAL-60. The Nintendo Game Cube that's lying around 
here asks whether you want 50 or 60 Hz at startup, and even the old TV 
we use has no problems with 60 Hz. The atitvout tool that lets you set 
the TV-out mode on some ATI cards on Linux also lets you set PAL-60 
mode.

Lourens
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