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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
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- Subject: Re: A500 to multisync?
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 96 21:38:14
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- Mr R Du Pre (phumz@csv.warwick.ac.uk) wrote:
- : I use an A500+ with ECS. I want to upgrade my monitor and was
- : wondering if I need any additional hardware to display the 640x512 modes.
-
- If the monitor you buy will sync down to 15kHz horizontally, then no, you
- don't need any extra hardware to display any of the screenmodes, other than
- a cable/adaptor ;)
-
- Flicker will remain in interlaced modes (e.g. 640x512), however, unless you
- buy a flicker fixer. I don't know if you'll be able to find new flicker fixers
- around these days (is anyone still manufacturing them?), but you should be
- able to find one second hand. I have an ICD Flicker Free Video 2, which I
- bought new for 200UKP (yikes!) a few years back, and I've been very happy with
- it. I'd recommend one of these if you can find one somewhere...
-
- OTOH, if you buy an SVGA-type monitor (which is likely to sync down only to
- 30kHz or so), then you will need a flicker fixer to use it at all on an ECS
- machine (productivity should work without a flicker fixer, but it is not the
- most useful of modes under ECS).
-
- It may work out cheaper to invest in a full 15kHz-capable multisync than to
- buy an SVGA+flicker fixer. Shop around.
-
- Buying a multisync also gives you the advantage that if you decide to upgrade
- to an AGA machine, you will have a lot more available screenmodes (including
- the 15kHz ones a lot of games use) without having to invest in _another_
- flicker fixer :/
-
- -- Mat.
-