Picasso96Mode TNG

http://www.villagetronic.com/amiga/ptng/index.html (Amiga Plus Extra No. 5/97, 05/1997)

Picasso96Mode TNG

Goals:

Users of the Picasso96 software should be able to tweak the display mode settings to fit their needs. This work should not require in-depth knowledge on how the different paramenters interact which control how graphics cards make up the display. Any user should be able to put the program to good use without having read a detailed documentation first. Everybody should be able to produce results with a minimum of efforts. The dangers in toying with the display mode parameters should be reduced to a minimum, it should be really difficult to overclock the graphics card or the monitor.

For PicassoIV users:

When using the program with a PicassoIV the current settings of the built-in flicker fixer will be read and added to the list of editable display modes. This allows you to tune the flicker fixer picture parameters. When storing the mode database on disk the flicker fixer parameters will be stored in the tool types of the driver "P4_Flickerfixer", as found in the drawer "Devs:Monitors". The next time you restart the Amiga the new flicker fixer settings will become active and the driver will make them memory resident so they will survive a reboot; every time you open the boot menu ("Amiga early startup options") or boot from floppy disk the flicker fixer will be using the new picture timing parameters. However, if you switch off the Amiga these parameters will be lost. Before you can use them again, the P4_Flickerfixer driver must be started again.

Special features:

In addition to the features described above, the program has a number of special capabilities to offer:

Once the Picasso96 software supports the DDC2 protocol the program will be enhanced to query the monitor about its characteristics. This will eliminate the need to enter this data manually for plug & play monitors.
The program can import display mode databases from other programs like CVMode and the olf PicassoMode. This makes it possible to retain the preferred display mode settings after changing the graphics card support software.
A special export file format is supported which the program can read and write. This format stores display mode and monitor data in textual form, which with minor changes can be used with NetBSD/Amiga-Unix/X-Windows.
The Picasso96 software need NOT to be installed and running for the program to work. The user can still test it, but will be unable to store and modify display mode parameters.

If you are interested in testing or getting that software you can download it from here.