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- From: ashw@lr.net (Ash Wyllie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: PicassoII
- Date: 20 Apr 1996 23:29:26 GMT
- Organization: LRNet
- Message-ID: <1705.6683T957T1440@lr.net>
- References: <Dq2Fq3.IME@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- >Hi Folks,
- >
- > I've noticed a strange problems using my picasso II board with various
- >applications. Here's my setup
- >
- > A3000 030/882 25MHz (2chip/8 fast)
- > Picasso II w/2 meg of ram
- > DKB3128 w/16 meg of ram
- > MultiFaceIII
- > 'couple of drives including CDROM and Zip.
- >
- > Anyway, so I was using AWEB on it's own public screen (a picasso 256 color
- > screen, probably 640x480) and I use a 4 color interlaced NTSC workbench.
- > Sometimes when I use AWeb like this and I try to switch back to my WB all
- > I get is a blank screen. I can control-M back to the aweb screen and every-
- > thing still works fine, but I can't get to my workbench without rebooting.
- > This kinda sucks... actually, I can't get back to any non picasso screen.
- > I do, however, hear that audible click the picasso gives off when it's
- > making the switch from it's signal to the pass-thru. What I'm thinking is
- > that the picasso switches off the amiga's normal display hardware (?) and
- > for some reason is forgetting to switch it back on when I go to an NTSC
- > screen. Is there a setting for this somewhere? Could it be a hardware
- > problem? I recently replaced my U202 chip b/c of graphics dandruf on NTSC
- > screens. It has yet to show me more dandruf (except for my paranoid dandruf
- > sightings few and far between). Anyway, any and all help would be
- > appreciated. I've even tried the picasso switch commodity with no success.
- >
- > Thanks much, and thanks for reading my ill compose paragraph.
- > Matt
- > boc4@midway.uchicago.edu
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- I've had almost the same problem. The DBLntsc display would roll and shrink
- then go away. Rebooting would bring DBLntsc back. No obvious time to failure.
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