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- From: TRoss@cup.portal.com (Anthony L Ross)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
- Subject: Re: 17" SVGA Monitor with a 1200?!?
- Date: 4 Apr 1996 02:00:11 -0800
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- > Magnus, Ahlvik wrote:
- >
- > bstrange@iadfw.net (Bill Strange) wrote:
- >
- >> >I would like to use my 1200 qwith the Sony 17" monitor I have for my
- >> >PC. Only problme beinfg is that it doesn't sync down to 15k for the
- >> >1200... Any idea as to what I can do to getrid of thw 1084 monitor and
- >> >use the Sony? I have seen an article in a Amiga Computing mag about a
- >> >adaptor to use a SVGA monitor with a A1200. Something called a Gecko
- >> >from some company called Silent Paw Productions... Never saw anything
- >> >else about this...
- >>
-
- > There is a solution, and Bill had mentioned it in his original post.
- > The solution is to purchase a scan-doubler. This is usually a board
- > which plugs into the video slot (though I think there is at least one
- > company making an external model) which will take the 15.7 Khz video
- > signal and scan double it to 31.4 Khz, so the VGA-style monitors can
- > sync to it. This will also remove the visible (black) scan lines
- > present on non-interlaced screens. Additionally, the interlaced
- > resolutions will not flicker, since at 31.4 Khz scan rate, they are ALL
- > being drawn 60 times a second, instead of only 30 times when scanned at
- > 15.7 Khz. (got all that?)
-
- > Adam Burns aka...
- > The Buffo Mounie
-
- HELLO!!!! The A1200 doesn't have a VIDEO SLOT. So.. we the owners of the
- 1200, need another solution..
-
- Anyone?
-
- T.
-