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Re: Warning about buying from karmanss
« on: May 29, 2006, 12:28:04 AM »
The Picasso-IV has a bit on the board you can snap off so it will fit in an A2000 I believe. The snapped off bit then attaches to the main board via a cable.

It's possible you weren't supplied this so double check.

The scandoubler/flicker-fixer was integrated with the PIV. The Phase5 Cybervision(/3D) had an optional scandoubler/ff which wasn't quite as good.

I'm not sure but the snapped off (user detachable) part of the board may have contained the scandoubler. The lead was for the internal video port which sucks up custom chip display info such as OCS/ECS/AGA 15Khz.

Without this detachable part and it's ribbon you shouldn't have been sold the card.

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Re: Warning about buying from karmanss
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2006, 01:24:59 AM »
Selling a Picasso-IV without the packaged scandoubler is like selling a car without a rear view mirror. You can see behind you by sticking your head out the window but it doesn't make things particularly user-friendly and you'd expect it to come with the car!

The P-IV's scandoubler/flicker-fixer is renowned for it's superiority to every other on the market and the fact it was included as part of the board OEM is the reason behind it's high review scores, reputation and resale potential.

Just because the picture didn't show the scandoubler snap-off doesn't mean this is binding. It is taken for granted that this is included in a P-IV so how is one to know which section is missing from a board the size of a shoebox?