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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

4391.0. "FlickerFixer picture too small" by PAOXCS::MCGOWAN () Thu Jan 03 1991 11:43

    I have a B2000 running with a FlickerFixer board and a NEC 4D 16"
    multi-synch monitor. I have only one nit to pick with the FlickerFixer
    and that is the size of the screen it generates. There is 2.5 inches or
    thereabouts of black "border" around the image, and neither the NEC's
    controls nor the software adjustments possible will expand it any more.
    The net result is that the image is scarcely bigger than one on a much
    smaller monitor. 
    
    I'm pretty sure that it's the board's fault, because I use my monitor
    with my PC setup as well, and Windows 3 shows a full-screen image (NO
    black border at all, or hardly any anyway) which is the way I like it.
    (No comments about age and failing eyesight, please!) 
    
    Have I missed something, simple or otherwise, or is this a common
    failing of the FlickerFixer board?
    
    Regards,  Frank.
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4391.1try morerowsNOBHIL::BODINE_CHThu Jan 03 1991 16:594
Have you tried using Morerows? It comes on the diskette included with the
flicker fixer. This helps some.

Chris
4391.2FlickerFixer Shrinks ImageTLE::RMEYERSRandy MeyersThu Jan 03 1991 19:0229
Re: .0

The Flicker Fixer definitely produces an image smaller than the available
screen area.  When I first got my Flicker Fixer, I found this one aspect
of the board to be so annoying that it was the determining factor in
picking the model of monitor that I bought.

Many monitors have adjustment knobs that allow you to stretch out the
image on the screen.  The problem is that these knobs usually do not
allow very large adjustments.  However, different models of monitors
vary in how much adjustment they allow.  I ended up with a Zenith
flatscreen because it allowed me to make the largest amount of
adjustment.

Before getting the Zenith, I owned a 14 inch DiamondScan for a day.
I returned it because it's controls did not allow me to enlarge the
picture very much.  (By the way, the folks at the Memory Location
were very nice about accepting the monitor back, and they deserve
a lot of credit.  They gave me a full refund without any problems
just because I was dissatisfied with this one aspect of the monitor.)

Since then, I've heard that the DiamondScan has additional controls
inside of the case that allow larger adjustments.  (I believe that
Steve Sullivan called the manufacturer of the monitor and got the
information.)

Perhaps your monitor also has additional controls inside of the case that
would allow you to enlarge the image on the screen.  Call the product
support line for your monitor and see.
4391.3FLickerFixerFree?TLE::TLET8::ASHFORTHThu Jan 03 1991 19:156
I've seen ads recently for a product called FlickerFixer, which serves the same
function as FlickerFixer. The ad said something along the lines of "full support
for overscan" or somesuch.

Has anyone seen this yet? Does anyone know if it has the same "screen size"
limitation as FlickerFixer?
4391.4HPSCAD::GATULISFrank Gatulis 297-6770Thu Jan 03 1991 22:4913
    
    re .1  using morerows -
    
    I have a MultiSync II and with morerows I can almost fill the screen
    horizontally.  Vertical is no problem, there is a control for that.
    
    But! I found that there were a number of programs that did not work
    correctly in conjunction with morerows (especially thoes which open
    their own custom screens).  I stopped using it out of frustration.
    
    Frank
4391.5Grin and bear it.PAOXCS::MCGOWANWed Jan 09 1991 10:5624
    Thanks for the replys, especially you Randy. I'm glad to hear from
    someone else that it's not just my FF anyway. In fact, when I bought the
    4D it was really a toss-up as to whether I should get the FTM instead.
    No one could tell me if it would work (FF says that it has to be a
    multi-synch, and the FTM isn't), and I was too lazy to go all out
    to find out. Besides, I really wanted the bigger screen... I think. 
    
    I have already tried MOREROWS, and found it unusable too because
    of its incompatibility with other programs. 
    
    There are probably controls inside the monitor, right enough, but I
    don't really want to use them, because I switch to WINDOWS 3 on the PC
    too regularly, and that would then overscan right off the screen
    somewhere.
    
    I'm probably going to have to just grin-and-bear-it, I suppose, but it
    sure is annoying to have WB in interlace-mode (where I prefer to work -
    I hate bouncing around to see all the info I need) squinched down so I can
    hardly see it when I have all that black around the edges.
    
    If anybody has any more info on that other FF, whatever it's called,
    that has overscan capabilities, I'd sure be interested.
    
    Regards, Frank.