************************************ * ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION! * * You MUST read this otherwise * * your monitor could be destroyed! * ************************************ BlowUP030 Demoversion This demo may be copied and passed to others for free as long as all the files, espacially this README remain unchanged! BlowUP030 (c) Georg Acher & Michael Eberl ========================================= Warning: -------- IF YOU HAVE A FIXED-FREQUENCIE MONITOR (E.G. A VGA OR SVGA) NEVER SELECT THE 'MS1/2' BUTTON IN BLOWCONF.PRG!!!!! ONLY IF YOU LEAVE THIS BUTTON UN- SELECTED IT IS ENSURED THAT YOUR MONITOR WON'T GET HORIZONTAL- FREQUENCIES THAT MIGHT DAMAGE IT! Short-Manual for the BlowUP030-Demo: ------------------------------------ Run BLOWCONF.PRG (the demo runs only in 16 colors and with the ATARI-VGA- adapter installed) and choose the monitor-type you are using: VGA: fixed frequencies of 31.5kHz/60Hz SVGA: fixed frequencies of 31.5/35.5kHz /60Hz MS1/2: multiscans, e.g. 15-38kHz/30-55kHz at 50-100Hz Only with a multiscan you are able to configure your resulution live, because they are able to display all values in a certain range. for VGA/SVGA this might be very dangerous. * * All chnges can be returned to their * original value with UNDO (or the * return-key) * LOAD CONF: displays a list of predefined resolutins. In this list you find the monitor-type it is suitable for. Select one and confir with OK to install the resolution. SAVE: The resolution that is configured at the moment is saved into the 'BLOWBOOT.PRG' file in the AUTO-folder of your boot-device (usually C:). * ATTENTION: * * BLOWBOOT.PRG has to be the last * programm in the AUTO-folder * (especially behind MultiTOS and * NVDI). Select unsorted in the * DESKTOP-menu to be sure After the next RESET the new resolution will be used if you boot in 16 colors. If you do not, use the DESKTOP-menu to switch to 16 colors. The special ability of the BlowUP030-system is that you are able to configure the video-parameters very free. Vertical and horizontal Screen-position, left, right, upper and lower margin, interlace-mode and pixel-clock might be set freely (in certain margins given by the Falcon-hardware) TO TAKE OUT THE BEST OF YOUR MONITOR. If you have a multiscan and selected then MS1/2-mode you are able to find the maximum - step-by-step. With BLOWCONF you are able to install two resolutions for every color-depth. BLOWACC enables you to select which one or even if one of the new resolutions is used. The SCREEN-SAVER is the newest feauture of BlowUP030: If it is active it speeds up the Falcon at up to 70% (depending on the Color-mode and resolution).