Picasso II just arrived!! Yayyy! What next?

[arti040]

Do i need to install the drivers first before plugging in a VGA monitor?

Hi mate!
Not necessarily. You can do it whenever You want.

Can I use an LCD or CRT ?

If Picasso 2 can handle it, sure.

I still have the stock 68000, must i install the Picasso II drivers instead of P96 or Cybergraphics ?

68000? Wow, probably it is the one of these few cases, where OCS will be much faster than GFX card ;-) Anyway, older versions of P96 supports 68000, so You can use one of them.

[arti040]

Ok quick update:
LCD (the one i tried) did not work [Maybe will have better luck when my SD/FF arrives]

Use Picasso96Mode and set any non-interlaced resolution with at least 60Hz.
I assume, 800x600 will be maximum, what You can reach.

1024x768 is interlaced [Maybe will have better luck when SD/FF arrives]

Yes, Picasso 2 has poor pixel clock. One and only reasonable resolution is 800x600x16bit, mentioned above.

Slows down the Amiga pretty badly [Will it make a BIG difference when my A2630 comes?]

Yep, 68000 and Zorro in segmentation mode... but difference should be noticeable. On my A3000 with 030/25Mhz is quite OK. I've got Retina Z3, but still - ECS 4/8 colors in PAL seems to be much faster here ;-)

At 256 colors its eating away my Chipmem REALLY REALLY badly.. Even at 640x480

Dunno...

I'm NOT using P96 (Because i have a 68000) i am using the Picasso II drivers from Villagetronic. I can't get more than 256 colors... Is this cause i'm not using P96?

Probably yes. 256 col. on WB can be a limitation of Picasso default software.