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September_1999
Re: BattleZone monitor centering


From: Jess Askey ( )
Date: Thu Sep 09 1999 - 09:38:18 CDT


"Christopher X. Candreva" wrote:
>
> On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Dave Downin wrote:
>
> > 5) SLOWLY turn the brightness up until a small dot appears
>
> This makes me very nervous. Isn't the spot killer supposed to PREVENT this ?

Because Atari games draw all their vectors refereced from the center of the screen,
the beam is in the center *alot*. Therefore, the center will always have a slightly
brighter than black 'dot'.
  The spot killer only kicks in when the beam sits in the center of the screen for
an extended length of time.
>
> -Chris
>
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