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Title: Microway 2000 AGA flicker fixer output
Post by: dbrads on November 05, 2007, 02:28:19 PM

Hi All,

 I have a Microway 2000 AGA flicker fixer for my A2000 (with a VGA adaptor) but no manual, can anyone tell me the output frequencies and any other info I need to know to get it working?

Keep the faith!

Title: Re: Microway 2000 AGA flicker fixer output
Post by: Oli_hd on November 05, 2007, 02:44:52 PM

For information and software go to http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/aga2000 (http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/aga2000)

Title: Re: Microway 2000 AGA flicker fixer output
Post by: dbrads on November 13, 2007, 06:34:07 AM

Did that, there are no instructions or specs, just a driver. :-?

Title: Re: Microway 2000 AGA flicker fixer output
Post by: LoadWB on November 13, 2007, 06:40:37 AM

Mine just works...

Title: Re: Microway 2000 AGA flicker fixer output
Post by: rkauer on November 13, 2007, 06:43:49 AM

 This card don't need further instructions.

 It's only a flickerfixer for the A2000. The only thing you need to plug it to a standard VGA monitor is an adapter in order to plug the VGA plug (DB15) to the provided EGA socket.

Title: Re: Microway 2000 AGA flicker fixer output
Post by: LoadWB on November 13, 2007, 04:22:06 PM

To expand upon my post and to add a "me, too" to rkauer, I use a DB9-to-DB15 cable to connect my AGA2000 to my Spectrum 28/24.  Works perfectly.  Are you having problems using yours?

Title: Re: Microway 2000 AGA flicker fixer output
Post by: pault1 on November 13, 2007, 05:55:18 PM

The fF puts out plain vanilla VGA.  IIRC, it's 60 Hz vertical refresh and 31.5 kHz signal, 640x480, I think it would do at least the original 4096 colors.  So it takes your Amiga output and makes it VGA monitor compatible.  Not SVGA, not XVGA, in fact I am not sure you get anything outside of 640x480 in terms of overscan, etc.

The Commodore board of similar capability came out a while later and had at least some limited programmability as to overscan, etc.  A2320, I think.  

Of course the basic A2000 that the fF was designed for would not do all the tricks of later chipsets, and it was a great solution at the time.

Title: Re: Microway 2000 AGA flicker fixer output
Post by: pyrre on November 13, 2007, 06:56:55 PM

From BBOAH (http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=374)