What's your overscan setting?

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Boray
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What's your overscan setting?

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I think it would be interesting to know how big you can make the vic screen without risking that people can't see the whole screen, both for PAL and NTSC games. (And I also plan to make a NTSC version of Mega Omega)... So if you want to participate in this examination, then download this program: http://home.worldonline.se/boray/datorm ... erscan.zip
Run it on your vic, and then give me the displayed numbers for:

A: Your maximum sized screen while you still can see the whole screen.

B: Your minimum sized screen while it is that big that you can't see the border at all.

Thanks!

My own numbers are (A PAL vic20 with a 14" Telefunken Monitor/TV):

A - Position 9,22 (or 10,22) - Size 25x31
B - Position 7,18 - Size 27x34

/Anders
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Post by vic user »

these are the values i get, just before increasing the x or y values, and losing part of the screen:

Position 3,16
Size: 24 x 26
Pixles: 192 x 208

on a 1701 monitor

chris

p.s. i have noticed that all my vic's do not display the same border colour on startup. just variations of blue to green. this is common i assume?
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Post by Boray »

Thanks for your numbers!

All my 3 vics display exactly the same cyan border. Btw, did you get any color on that grayscale vic by adjusting that adjustable component?

/Anders
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Post by Jeff-20 »

I am completely colorblind, but even I noticed that the CYN color is different between the older VICs (with the two prong power connection) and the newer VICs (with the circular power supply connection).
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Post by vic user »

i have not tried the screw thing yet, but i should have time this weekend.

i am also planning on painting one of the vic's this weekend as well!

chris
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