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Short:1024x768 and/or HAM Workbench with AGA!
Author:per-espen.hagen at ffi.no
Uploader:per-espen hagen ffi no
Type:driver/moni
Architecture:m68k-amigaos
Date:1994-11-15
Download:http://aminet.net/driver/moni/WBHacksAGA.lha - View contents
Readme:http://aminet.net/driver/moni/WBHacksAGA.readme
Downloads:5726

After I said on Usenet that I had used a HAM6 1024x768 Workbench, several
people have asked me how I managed to get that kind of resolution with AGA.
As many people don't seem to know that this is indeed possible, I thought
I'd upload this little archive to Aminet...


Contents:
=========

1024x768

This directory contains a Euro36 monitor driver with modified tooltypes
(for 1024x768, 53 Hz in Super-High Res Laced).

WARNING: Don't even TRY this if you don't have a real multisync monitor!
I can GUARANTEE that a 1940/42 won't do, as the horizontal frequency is
21.2 kHz.  It works very well on my IDEK MultiFlat, though.

To try it, just doubleclick "1024x768" (or, if you don't trust other
people's scripts, (1) doubleclick Euro36 and (2) copy overscan.prefs and
screenmode.prefs to ENV:Sys/).

Note:  This will NOT work properly if you already have a Euro36 mode
enabled; in that case, move your old Euro36 file across from Devs/Monitors
to Storage/Monitors and reboot, then run the 1024x768 script.

You should now be able to see a 1024x768, 32-colour Workbench screen...
which unfortunately flickers almost as bad as PAL Laced. :-(  Use your
Prefs/ScreenMode program to change screen depth.  The overscan.prefs file
has been manually edited to allow full-screen cursor movement.  This will
be destroyed if you edit the overscan with Prefs/Overscan.

If you don't want to take care of your eyes :-) , you can modify this
setup even further.  My IDEK just manages to hold a 1280x1024 display, at
34 Hz interlaced.  But I can't stand watching it for many minutes at a
time...


HAM6

Ever wanted icons with thousands of colours?  If so, this might be for you.
It's a small hack that makes the Workbench open in HAM6 mode.  I've
included prefs files for PAL, DblPAL, and Super72 screens.  Just doubleclick
either of them and see... I've included some icons of various sizes as a
small taste of what you can get.  The good thing about HAM icons is that
they can be made almost completely independent of your WB colours (the
included icons assume colour 0, 1, and 2 to be grayish, black, and white,
respectively.  No other palette colours are used.)  The icons were created
with ImageFX, btw.

To make a similar mode yourself, just edit your ENV:Sys/screenmode.prefs
file with a binary editor such as AZap.  At offset $32, you'll find the
Display ID for the current mode (e.g. 0008 9024 for Super72:Super-High Res
Laced).  Set the HAM bit by changing the sixth digit from zero to 8 (i.e.,
0008 9824 for the Super72 example).  You may also need to change the depth
to 6 (for normal HAM) or 8 (for HAM8); this should be at offset $3B.


The logical combination would be a 1024x768 HAM6 Workbench -- but I guess
you've got the general idea now, so you can do that yourself. :-)


Have fun,

Per Espen Hagen


Contents of driver/moni/WBHacksAGA.lha
 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO METHOD CRC     STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[generic]                  232     496  46.8% -lh5- a078 Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA.info
[generic]                  232     496  46.8% -lh5- 696d Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/1024x768.info
[generic]                   62      62 100.0% -lh0- 663b Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/1024x768/1024x768
[generic]                  244     484  50.4% -lh5- e5c2 Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/1024x768/1024x768.info
[generic]                 3881    6012  64.6% -lh5- 9305 Sep  6  1993 WBHacksAGA/1024x768/Euro36
[generic]                  204     391  52.2% -lh5- e91b Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/1024x768/Euro36.info
[generic]                  169     290  58.3% -lh5- 1733 Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/1024x768/overscan.prefs
[generic]                   47      62  75.8% -lh5- 66e0 Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/1024x768/screenmode.prefs
[generic]                  232     496  46.8% -lh5- d482 Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6.info
[generic]                  235     496  47.4% -lh5- 391b Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/HAM icons.info
[generic]                 4958    5282  93.9% -lh5- b052 Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/HAM icons/Beavis & Butt-head.info
[generic]                21779   23810  91.5% -lh5- b4b1 Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/HAM icons/Cat & Goldfish.info
[generic]                 3416    3698  92.4% -lh5- c682 Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/HAM icons/Clipper 2.info
[generic]                12459   14498  85.9% -lh5- 07a0 Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/HAM icons/Clipper.info
[generic]                 3741    3938  95.0% -lh5- bda6 Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/HAM icons/Fashion 2.info
[generic]                13773   15458  89.1% -lh5- 349a Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/HAM icons/Fashion.info
[generic]                13446   14498  92.7% -lh5- b7cf Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/HAM icons/Island.info
[generic]                12433   14498  85.8% -lh5- ae8e Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/HAM icons/Manhattan.info
[generic]                10412   13118  79.4% -lh5- 61be Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/HAM icons/Patricia Ford.info
[generic]                 4476    5474  81.8% -lh5- 6e7f Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/HAM icons/World.info
[generic]                   47      62  75.8% -lh5- 1972 May 19  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/screenmode.prefs.DblPAL
[generic]                  268     513  52.2% -lh5- 3b31 Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/screenmode.prefs.DblPAL.info
[generic]                   47      62  75.8% -lh5- b96a Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/screenmode.prefs.PAL
[generic]                  263     510  51.6% -lh5- 9e33 Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/screenmode.prefs.PAL.info
[generic]                   46      62  74.2% -lh5- 60e0 Apr 20  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/screenmode.prefs.Super72
[generic]                  265     510  52.0% -lh5- fc1a Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/HAM6/screenmode.prefs.Super72.info
[generic]                 1558    2934  53.1% -lh5- 65ba Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/Read me
[generic]                  204     488  41.8% -lh5- 2e0d Nov 12  1994 WBHacksAGA/Read me.info
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total        28 files  109129  128698  84.8%            Nov 15  1994

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