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- From: fulldog@tag01.acnet.net (Victor Vargas G.)
- Subject: Re: Amigen on my A1200 - Colors Faded
- Message-ID: <fulldog-0704960257440001@167.114.251.9>
- Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 10:00:41 GMT
- References: <4jue4u$f9t@nntp.novia.net>
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- In article <4jue4u$f9t@nntp.novia.net>, rcolbert@oasis.novia.net (Bob
- Colbert) wrote:
-
- > Does anyone know why, when I use my Amigen on my A1200 the whites are
- > very dull? It works great on my A500, very bright whites. My best guess
- > is that the power supply of the 1200 is too weak, and I can't try the
- > 500's supply because I hardwired it into the 500 (actually I installed
- > the 500 into an XT case.) What makes me think that it isn't the PS is
- > that the 500 is using an incredible amount of power - It has an 020
- > accelerator, two A1010 drives, an AdIDE, a 3.5" hard drive, and a
- > shuffleboard - plus the Genlock. So I would think if anything, it would
- > have the problem. If anyone knows of something that would help me, I
- > would greatly appreciate it, I would love to use the genlock with my A1200.
-
- Well, don't know the results you've ben getting with your Amigen, but back
- in the stone ages I used two different units with my A500+BigFoot power
- supply and they always had problems of color shifting, overheating,
- unstable keying...
- >>>>> WARNING: DANGEROUS SUGGESTION AHEAD! PROCEED AT OWN RISK!!! <<<<<
- In order to alleviate some of those problems, I used to tweak the (one?
- two? can't recall) small rotary dials inside the case (one was for color
- and the other vertical/horiz. stabilization I believe). I was able to
- >>somewhat<< stabilize and correct the color shifting on the last unit,
- but quality still was suffering (and I was using professional VTRs!) so as
- soon as I could I got rid of the Amigen and saved for a SuperGen...
-
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- Victor Vargas G. ÇAmiga 3D animation & video graphics/Mac DTPÇ
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