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- From: ceejg1@cee.hw.ac.uk (Jonathan Gray)
- Subject: Re: [Q] the BEST monitor for A1200???
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- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 15:58:53 GMT
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- In article <4gi6k4$93e@rohcs1.uhc.com>,
- michael rye <1726@topcity.mn.org> wrote:
- >ceejg1@cee.hw.ac.uk (Jonathan Gray) wrote:
- >
- >>I am looking to get a monitor for my A1200 and am a little confused at the
- >>moment, can anyone give me some advice as to which is the all round best
- >>monitor. A lot of people come up with the Ami Tech monitor but then there
- are
- >>problems with a 'letter-box' screen as some call it. A huge black border
- >>around the sides of the screen, no thankyou.
- >
- >> Jon
- >
- >Jon,
- > First of all (don't flame me for this people, it's only an opinion)
- *stay
- >away* from PeeCee compatible VGA/SVGA monitors. Most of them don't sync down
- >to 15 kHz, which is used quite a lot on the Amiga for games and the guru
- >screens.
- > Next, find yourself a decent multisync monitor. Most of them handle all
- >of the screen modes that the Amiga provides. I use a CTX model AD-1970
- >myself, and it's awesome. No black borders in *any* screen mode. It's a
- >specially modified version of another monitor produce by CTX, but the
- >modifications allow it to sync to the lower frequencies of the Amiga. I've
- >been extremely pleased with it ever since I got it. Granted most all
- multisync
- >monitors cost more than any other monitor out there, but the extra cost is
- >well worth the added functionality of the monitor, IMNSHO. Later dude!
-
- How much was the CTX monitor, I guess it would be in dollars also?!
-
- Jon
-
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