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Offline CyberusTopic starter

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Scandoubler in an A4000?
« on: October 17, 2003, 10:06:19 AM »
Hi,
I still haven't picked up my A4000, but I was wondering - is it worth using a scandoubler in one...as I was under the impression that the AGA can scan double to an extent?

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Re: Scandoubler in an A4000?
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2003, 10:25:21 AM »
my external scandoubler F/F has just went (the second one) and thoughts of getting rid of my A1200 started.It got fairly warm and after while the screen would go blank oh well i got two years use out of it.I will be buying a diffrent type this time ? i think some
of the internal scandoublers F/F suffer heat probs aswell
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Re: Scandoubler in an A4000?
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2003, 12:16:37 PM »
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I still haven't picked up my A4000, but I was wondering - is it worth using a scandoubler in one...as I was under the impression that the AGA can scan double to an extent?


I cannot say that AGA scandoubles. I tried using a vga-monitor on my A4k for a while and that really didn't make me any happier than the 1084. You have that odd screenmode that looks quite well without a scandoubler but that screenmode is sooooo slow that you don't want to use it. Using a scandoubler makes things a lot easier but you still need a flickerfixer as well. So, I would recommend that you get a gfx-card like a Cybervision 64 or 64/3D, a Picasso II or IV. I dont think its that impossible to get a used one for a decent price. Considering the difference I think it's worth the extra money and the difference in price from a scandoubler/flickerfixer up to a gfx-card is definately not that much.

The only Amiga to my knowledge that doesn't need extra hardware to work well on a modern monitor is an A3000 that has a built-in flickerfixer, no AGA-machine has that.
 

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Re: Scandoubler in an A4000?
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2003, 01:33:28 PM »
I have a internal scandoubler that plugs into the zorro slot. It is the Arxon scandoubler and only way to find one is to look in eBay. It's great though.

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