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by etaioinshrdlu 1934 days ago
It also has an odd mix of anti-aliased text and non-anti-aliased. Additionally, I don't like the aspect ratio of the floppy disk.
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> Additionally, I don't like the aspect ratio of the floppy disk.

The Amiga used a standard 320x200 pixel mode [1] for it's boot screen. On a normal 4:3 CRT this mean the pixels are non-square. Since CRTs are analog, it doesn't really matter to the monitor, but if you just look at the digital bits without stretching them it looks a little flat.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_13h