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- From: tomk@fc.hp.com (Tom Kennedy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: CV64?,PicassoII?,GVP-EGS?,RZIII?
- Date: 14 Mar 1996 18:47:23 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Site
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- Storm/Cydonia (storm@ar.ar.com.au) wrote:
- : Niels Knoop (niels@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de) wrote:
- : : A fast Zorro-III board: Cybervision64, Piccolo-SD64 or RetinaZ3.
- : : The Retina doesn't have a passthrough for the Amiga signal, the
- : : other two have. The 2 MB versions offer the best value for their
- : : money.
-
- : Could someone elaborate on the passthrough abilities of the Piccolo
- : and Cybervision? I currently have a Retina Z2 and so am used to
- : switching off, switching the monitor plug from the Retina to the
- : native port, and switching on again; when I want to run a hardware-
- : bashing game or demo.
-
- : With the Cybervision, for instance, what would happen if I ran such
- : a program? Would it somehow figure out that this was happening and
- : display it on the monitor rather than the Cybervision display? Or
- : does this mean that there is some sort of hardware or software
- : switch to toggle between Cybervision and native display, without
- : having to switch off and switch plugs?
-
- Can't speak for the Piccolo, but the CyberVision's monitor switch is
- handled automatically by the cybergraphics software.
-
- Basically, you have a video input on the back of the CV64. Any video
- source (that has a 15 pin VGA connector) can be plugged in. When a
- cybergraphics screen is frontmost, then the CV64 displays its own
- output. When a native Amiga screen is frontmost, then the CV switches
- to the external input. (This can be turned off for multi-monitor
- setups.)
-
- So, yes, you'd be able to display Amiga graphics and CV graphics on
- the same monitor. The only way you can tell the difference between
- Amiga modes and CV modes is that the CV modes run faster, and when you
- drag CV screens, you only see other CV screens behind it. Likewise,
- dragging Amiga screens will only show other Amiga screens behind it.
-
- Of course, you monitor must be able to display all the Amiga modes for
- this to be totally seemless. (If you have a flicker fixer or a A3000,
- then this isn't a problem.)
-
- I'd bet that the Piccolo works the exact same way.
-
- Tom Kennedy
-
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