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- From: wnear@epix.net (Bill Near)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Using 17in monitor/A2000? I need ideas
- Date: 2 Apr 1996 16:55:22 GMT
- Organization: epix.net
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- On 1 Apr 1996 18:15:42 GMT, Blake Scruggs articulated:
- <> >On Sun, 31 Mar 1996 22:06:38 +0800, Brian Scott articulated:
- <> >[snip]
- <> ><> The IDEK works and looks well on a friends 1200.
- <>
- <> And on mine, some of the best money spent for a Monitor
- <>
- <> >If you get a graphics card and don't also get a flicker
- <> >fixer, you will lose the 15kHz. screenmodes. This includes
- <> >games, the GURU screen and the Early Startup Menu. I am, of course,
- <> >asuming that your monitor only syncs down to 30kHz. or so.
- <>
- <> >I have a Picasso II in my A2000, but I also have a flicker
- <> >fixer.
- <>
- <> Probably an obviously dumb question, but ;-)
- <> Hopefully soon I'l be getting a Picasso for my A2K, based on what
- <> I've read, The IDEK will be able to handle all the screen modes
- <> from the Picasso w/o a Flicker Fixer ??
-
- What about all the Amiga's native screemodes? If that
- monitor does not sync down to 15.75kHz. then you will NOT
- get any of the screenmodes for games, the GURU, or
- the Early Startup Menu. This is why you will probably need a
- flicker fixer in additioon to the Picasso.
-
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