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- From: rpowers@panix.com (Richard Powers)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Productivity mode & Sony CPD-1302
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.183738.12804@panix.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 18:37:38 GMT
- References: <1992Nov14.063520.20158@panix.com> <tpang.721917188@sfu.ca>
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
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- In <tpang.721917188@sfu.ca> tpang@fraser.sfu.ca (Tsui Ting Debbie Pang) writes:
-
- >rpowers@panix.com (Richard Powers) writes:
- >>I just upgraded to 2.1 from 1.3 on my 2000. When I try to use
- >>productivity mode, my Sony CPD-1302 monitor freaks out. There is an
- >>audible *click* as the monitor tries to display this mode. My monitor
- >>shows (VERY dimly) some portion of the screen which is warped to the left
- >>about 3/4 of the way up. As I don't have the manual for this monitor, I
- >>can't check to see if its supposed to be able to display at 31.44 kHz. I'd
- >>be surprised if it didn't though.
-
- >It is the right frequency and this is not the problem. I have a A3000 and
- >have since used the Sony 1302, NEC oldest Multisync, Mitsubishi 1381A
- >DiamondScan, and MAG MX14S. In which I forgot about the rest, my now
- >MAG doesn't do productivity mode right, and has the same symptom as you
- >have. My friend who is an EE experience with computer video (but not
- >with Amiga) said there could be a wrongly designed electrolytic capacitor
- >in the analog circuit, which is reversed. I have yet to verify it, but
- >I tried it with many other MAG same models and it's same. I made it working
- >withthe NEC and Mitsubishi fine, but I don't remember about the 1302, whic
- >I had only about 10 days.
-
- >>One other possibility is my ECS Denise. When I had the 2.1 ROM installed
- >>today, I was told that the Denise I have is the 3000 Denise, and that
- >>Commodore released a (somehow different) ECS Denise chip for the 2000 and
- >>the rest of the Amiga family. Does anyone know what the difference is,
- >>and whether that could be my problem?
-
- >I don't know if it is the SuperDenise or not, I have suspected that before
- >my friend's suggestion. Anybody knows about this?
-
- >>Or is this something that I haven't even thought of?
- >>Thanks.
- >>Rich
- >>--
-
- >My MAG will be fine running productivity mode within the monitor turned on
- >for 30 mins. After that, the video gets reversed, and very dim, the top
- >part is banded to the right, but not reverse video. Sometimes, tapping
- >the monitor might do, the trick for a while on one of them.
-
- I can't get productivity to work at all.
-
- >Anyone can help?
-
- Yes, anyone out there have any idea about this? I'm really frustrated
- with this. I might as well be using my C= monitor. I'm getting no
- benefit from using a multisync.
-
-
- --
- Richard Powers | Amiga 2000 w/28Mhz 68030 & AmigaDos 2.1 | rpowers@panix.com
- (NON-standard disclaimer: My keyboard is messed up. Any missing
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