Date   : Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:54:15 +0000
From   : Tom Seddon <tom@...>
Subject: Re: Beebem question / game copyright question

Jules Richardson wrote:
> I've just been contacted by a UK TV company who want to show someone
> playing an old game on classic hardware.
> 
> For various reasons (screen sync being the main one) it'll be rigged,
> with a machine behind the scenes running XP and driving an old monitor.
> (I've tried to talk them into running the real thing! :-)
> 
> BBC emulation seems like a good choice when it comes to retro looks...
> (Speccy's a bit clunky, and I don't like C64s ;)
> 
> Questions:
> 
>   a) Can BeebEm run full-screen under XP without any modern Windows
> borders etc.?  (I'd try that myself if I have a Windows machine here :)

model-b will, and if you have a card with TV out that will send 50Hz 
800x600 output to the telly I believe that you can get 50Hz full screen 
too. You'll need to set up the TV out as Windows' primary display, 
ensure 50Hz is selected as the refresh rate (obviously requires that 
drivers support this, which they should) and tick the 'vsync' box in the 
video options. I still haven't got round to trying all this with model-b 
myself, but I'm told it works very well and that Firetrack looks nice!

800x600 on a telly might sound impossible but it does actually work... 
it's bit blurry though.

--Tom