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grond · 14 January 2021, 10:32

It may be worth mentioning that the high graphics resolutions mentioned are RTG resolutions and not available in the reimplementation of traditional OCS/AGA. AFAIK the final word on SuperHires (1280x256) hasn't been spoken but at least in some V4 cores this AGA PAL mode wasn't available. It found very little use back in the day so it wouldn't be much of a loss. The same goes for the freely programmable AGA screenmodes. These are superceded by corresponding RTG modes which, however, will ultimately be programmable via Amiga hardware registers just like the old Amiga screenmodes were.

Some of what I wrote may be inaccurate or plain wrong, there is a lot of work happening with regard to the video hardware section.

14 January 2021, 10:32	#90
grond Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Germany Posts: 1,918	It may be worth mentioning that the high graphics resolutions mentioned are RTG resolutions and not available in the reimplementation of traditional OCS/AGA. AFAIK the final word on SuperHires (1280x256) hasn't been spoken but at least in some V4 cores this AGA PAL mode wasn't available. It found very little use back in the day so it wouldn't be much of a loss. The same goes for the freely programmable AGA screenmodes. These are superceded by corresponding RTG modes which, however, will ultimately be programmable via Amiga hardware registers just like the old Amiga screenmodes were. Some of what I wrote may be inaccurate or plain wrong, there is a lot of work happening with regard to the video hardware section.