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- From: Richard Lavey <richard@startide.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: PicassoII and 1084
- Date: Mon, 4 Mar 96 19:11:55 GMT
- Organization: Home in Bucks,UK
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- mick (mick@mjeff.demon.co.uk) led us to believe
- in <417.6635T1196T538@mjeff.demon.co.uk> that...
- > Hi all
-
- > I've been thinking about buying a PicassoII board for my Amiga 2000. The problem is I only
- > have a 1084 monitor. There is a 'special cable' advertised by VillageTronic that allows the
- > 1084 to be used.
-
- > What I would like to know is, what sort of limitations would this combination have?
- > What resolutions would be available?
- > Would I be better off waiting until I have a better monitor?
-
- You would have the same resolutions as you have at the moment (i.e 640x256
- non-laced, 640x512 laced), but with the ability to show 24-bit images in
- them. If you have OS3.1 ( a must-have for a gfx card) then you can open 256
- colour screens as well (otherwise you're stuck with 16 colour ones).
-
- I'd say the minimum spec for making good use of a gfx card is :
- 1) a 68030 accelarater w. at least 4 MB 32-bit RAM
- 2) OS 3.x
- 3) a SVGA / multisync monitor.
-
- If you've gor the desk space you could get a cheap SVGA monitor for the
- Picasso and use the 1084 for the old Amiga modes.
-
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- richard@startide.demon.co.uk : Richard Lavey on a Dial-Up Account
- * I know that this is vitriol, no solution spleen-venting *
- * But I feel better having screamed, Don't You ? *
- * R.E.M. "Ignoreland" *
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