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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:	Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:	Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:	Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1433
Total number of notes:	10312

1165.0. "Neochrome Woes" by RGB::ROST (Fart Fig Newton) Mon Aug 26 1991 09:59

    Here's another dumb question.  I did a dir/ti=neochrome and found nada.  
    
    A few months back, I downloaded a new version of Neochrome.  This
    weekend I finally got around to deARCing it and firing it up.  It boots
    up but the screen flips continuously, but it's not the fault of my
    520STFM or my TV because all my other software runs fine.  
    
    I'm thinking perhaps this version is designed to be run ona UK TV set. 
    Is there a soft switch that will make this program run on a US TV set?
    Alternately, does anyone have a version online that is *known* to tun
    on a US TV?
    
    							Brian

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1165.1		JURAN::VALENZA	It ain't over til the noter sings.	`Mon Aug 26 1991 11:36`	15
	I have occasionally run across software that does this. Two that come to mind are the Australian game Fire Brigade, and a control panel (James, I think it is called) that was included on one of the British ST magazine disks a year or so ago. When I discovered the problem with Fire Brigade, I took it back to the store, and discovered that it worked just fine on their monitor. I ran across a note in this notes file that described the problem, and saw a workaround for that game that involved removing a file from the game disk. However, that still doesn't answer the question concerning what in general causes this, why it doesn't seem to occur on all types of monitors, and what general workarounds (if any) there might be. Does anyone have any insight into this? -- Mike
1165.2	click 'til you go mad, or it steadys...	KORG::MISKINIS		`Tue Aug 27 1991 00:21`	26
	Yup, sure does! Frustrating huh? I was really bummed out, and looked at the screen closely as it kept scrolling by, taking a break every 15 seconds so I wouldn't go mad! Anyway, I noticed a 50hz on the screen. It looked like it could be toggled. After I tried for about 5 minutes, I finally clicked on the right spot, and it toggled to 60 (hz), and became rock solid. Well that's all you got to do! Nope, that's not the end of it... I was impressed with the capabilities and mentioned it to a friend. He said he wanted it, so since I was on my way over there ( a few days later) I copied it to a disk. When I got there, I realized (after firing it up) that I copied the original version that I downloaded, and NOT the copy that I toggled, and saved setting on. It only took about 2 minutes of craziness to click on the right spot of the screen the second time... _John_ Who wants a .NEO to .PS converter... Anyone have one? I've asked before, but didn't get an answer... I may actually start using this again for something...