Gudday Jeremy,

On 2/01/2009, you wrote:

> Because if I remember the original documentation for Picasso96 on
> a real Amiga
> has to include "blanking edges" so the excess memory is
> off-screen renderable
> or usually blank to allow the timings to be handled properly by
> the chipset.
>
> The VGA chips also require the extra scan-time since the times
> listed are not
> the actual display pixel size (there is still time between each
> line being drawn)
>
> Its details details details, stuff the VGA subsystem does
> instead of the CPU
> so that the OS only has to care about the contents of the bitmap
> actually drawn

Ahh thanks for that! I was wondering why the numbers were so very
different.
>
> my 2c,
> Jeremy
>
> On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 09:59 +0100, Rudolph Riedel wrote:
>> Randy Q wrote:
>> > noted the settings for its native resolution (1680x1050),
>> ...
>> > Horiz. Vert.
>> >
>> > Framesize 1980 1070
>> >
>> How does 1680x1050 match 1980x1070? :-)
>>
>> Regards - Rudolph
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
Cheers,
Randy