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- From: phil <phil@curve.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: SVGA Monitor connection to an Amiga???
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- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 96 01:30:41 GMT
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- Chris Appleton (chris@fuchal.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- :
- : Hey, Andrew Hemmings, you mumbled somthing about SVGA Monitor connection to an
- : Amiga??? on 13-Feb-96 13:34:11?
- :
- : AH> Is it possible to connect an Amiga to a SVGA monitor?
- [...]
- : Yeah, it's possible. You have to invert the horizontal and vertical sync
- [...]
- : But you'll have to put up with no 15khz modes,
-
- true. unless you have a TV on a wall bracket above the monitor
- connected to the RCA video output through a video. like me :)
- it's nearly like retargetable graphics. well, okay, not much.
-
- : i.e. Pal-Hires, NTSC, and say bye
- : to the early-startup menu and software error red-flashy-box things...:)
-
- but, there are many many patches for that kind of thing.
-
- one thing you must bear in mind is that some SVGA monitors
- simply won't work with the Amiga's screenmodes, because
- they haven't got the frequency range to deal with what the
- Amiga outputs; i don't know if there's a list of monitors
- that _do_ work anywhere, but you'd be wise to try the
- prospective monitor out before wasting your time or
- money on it.
-
- phil
-