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- From: wblock@rapidnet.com (Warren Block)
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- Subject: Re: SVGA Monitor connection to an Amiga???
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- Date: 23 Feb 1996 13:46:40 GMT
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- Trevor Rankin (v4jk@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca) wrote:
-
- : I got a non-CBM adaptor and am having the same problems with my A1200 - I
- : can't boot with my VGA monitor (Acer) connected. The monitor works when
- : I boot with my 1084 and then switch to a 31k mode and then plug in the
- : VGA but when I boot with the VGA connected, I just get a black screen
- : after the HD spins for long time. Anybody know what the problem is
- : here?
-
- Usually this indicates that the adapter is non-buffered, and the Amiga
- thinks that a genlock is attached. Since a monitor doesn't provide a
- sync signal to the Amiga like a genlock does, the system can't boot. The
- solution is to buffer the HSYNC and VSYNC lines in the adapter.
-
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