Date   : Tue, 30 May 2000 22:35:01 +0100
From   : "E.R. Vaughan" <e.vaughan@...>
Subject: Re: Screen proportions?

Hmmmm, so 1280x1024 would be a good resolution to run emulators in... Anyone
know any emulators that run at this res? Sounds a better solution than using
a tweaked 320x256 mode, although maybe it would be too slow for old
machines.

Emil


----- Original Message -----
From: jim <jim@...>
To: Thomas Harte <t.harte@...>
Cc: List, BBC <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: 30 May 2000 13:59
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Screen proportions?


> > does anyone happen to know the correct proportions of the pixel area of
the
> > screen? Are pixels square at 320x256?
>
> Computer monitors have the same aspect ratio as televisions i.e. 4:3 so
> pixels are square at 320x240 and so on up. Beeb screens are 5:4 and have a
> virtual area of 1280x1024 pixels, which is coincidentally the only
> non-square video mode in common use on modern PCs.
>
> jim
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