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Vertical image size - CheshireNoir - 15-06-2022
Hey Folks,
Looked through the Microbee Hardware Notebook without luck, and Google seems to have failed me.
Trying to help a friend with his new 128K (Non premium)
He's finding the top of the display is being cut off by the top of his monitor. Is there anything on the 'bee itself that can be adjusted, or is this something that can only be fixed on the monitor?
(Mine gets cut off at the top as well some times)
Cheers!
John
RE: Vertical image size - ChickenMan - 16-06-2022
Boot a system disk and run INIT, select Configure and then 1. You can move the pic up down left or right. If it still cant fit then you need to adjust the monitor.
RE: Vertical image size - CheshireNoir - 16-06-2022
I seem to learn something new about the Microbee every single day!
Thanks ChickenMan! That's just what we both needed I suspect. I'll pass that on :-D
(BTW, I have encouraged him to join us. I've been promoting this forum to all the new Microbee owners I know. There's two more in the last week in the increasingly inaccurately named "Perth Amiga Users Group". We all seem to have systems other than just Amiga. I brought my 32k Personal Communicator to the last meet. That may have been responsible for the sudden surge of interest)
JOhn
RE: Vertical image size - Ernest - 16-06-2022
Unfortunately, INIT will not help with your example above, as your picture shows you in the Monitor (program) and needs to be fixed on the Monitor (physical screen).
When entering the Monitor (program) this is entered prior to the Boot sector information so INIT will not help.
Too confusing with different uses of the same word (Monitor) in reference to two different things, one being a program and one being hardware.
If you are fortunate, your physical screen may have a setup via an onscreen setup. Very old ones had a potentiometer adjustment in the back. However I have come across a few modern ones (especially LCD's), where it is not adjustable by the consumer.
Televisions doubling as monitors are convenient for use on these old systems, however they are deliberately over-scanned. As there is no standard to this, it is a challenge when used as a computer monitor where the computer is expecting to use as much of the screen as it can. Studio monitors or Technical monitors didn't have this over-scan or at least had it switchable.
Glad to hear of more interest in the Mighty Microbee, more being resurrected to new life. I really need to come along to one of the user group meetings, may-bee the next one??
Ernest