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- From: geohei@ibm.net (Georges Heinesch)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: CV64
- Date: 17 Feb 1996 07:46:30 GMT
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- In a message of 15-Feb-96 15:29:41, Jaco Schoonen wrote:
-
- JS>: But what about the "Monitor Specification" settings (min.
- JS>: time/pulse-H/V)?
-
- JS> Hmmm, that's a tricky one. I called Idek for the actual values, but
- JS> they said it's resolution-dependent, so there's no way to tell what
- JS> you should fill in there. If you can't get the screen to full width,
- JS> try lowering the H. mintime, same for height/V. time, that's all I
- JS> know (from experience)
-
- I did exaclty the same. I e-mailed to NANAO (EIZO) and they send me timing
- tables related to the resolutions. This helped already quite a bit to setup
- the different standard VESA resolutions.
-
- I called around in Germany and here in Luxembourg to get hold of the
- absolute values for H/S sync. but nobody knew those. One guy also said that
- they're dependant of the resoulution, but technically I believe that there
- must be absolute min. sync. values, which the monitor would be able to
- detect.
-
- JS>: Should I always select the highest possible pixel clock?
-
- JS> Maybe your monitor will display a small screen, and in 8 bit you get a
- JS> software pointer (like Pc's) when you use 110Mhz or more In 16bit
- JS> don't go above 100 Mhz and in 24 bit don't go above 50Mhz. It will
- JS> make you system crash a lot... :-(
-
- You mean the cybergrapgX soltware doesn't like values above that, right?
-
- JS>: What is the purpose of Positive/Negative cycle gadget; yes, it's
- JS>: changing polarity of the signal what what can I change with it?
-
- JS> Not much, some monitors only recognize neg, or pos values. Most
- JS> monitors accept both, so don't bother if it doesn't seem to do
- JS> anything.
-
- Ok.
-
- JS>: So if there is software which requires a picasso card, it's diverted
- JS>: via this library to the CV64, correct ?
-
- JS> That's what it's supposed to do, but I heard (didn't try myself) that
- JS> it doesn't work always...
-
- Thanks so far !
-
- Cu
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