Full screen on 1950?

[Argus]

6 wrote:
Does anyone know how to spread an 800x600 screen across a 1950 monitor?

Mine has about a 1/2 inch of unused screen on all 4 sides.

Many thanks,

6

Sure, there's a little plastic door on the right side of the 1950 monitor which allows you to adjust the horizontal and vertical width, as well as other features.  The 1950 was specced to be able to show regular and overscan 15-31kHz screenmodes on the Amiga, so it is quite flexible.  I'm not sure though that you'd want to necessarily use 800x600 on it, because it'd be awfully small letters.  I use mine with 640x480 ntsc interlaced mode and it looks pretty good (though the flicker does eventually get to you even with a glare guard on it).

[Argus]

6 wrote:
Argus, thanks, but I've already used those controls and that is a much coverage as I can get.  And you're right, everything is very tiny.  But 640x400 doesn't show entire web screens, which is also annoying.

Maybe the monitor is faulty?

yeah, I thought you would have already tried that. I do have a manual somewhere for the 1950.  I'll dig it out and take a look. It could be that 640x480 is the max resolution so it can only show that much of 800x600?  Give me a chance to check, I'll post tomorrow.  In the meantime, how about a cheap svga monitor?  800x600 sounds like a graphics card resolution.  What graphics hardware are you using?

- I just found my manual, here are the technical specs:

CRT:  14" (13" viewable), 90 degree deflection, 29 mm neck,       0.31mm dot pitch non-glare screen.
Display Color:
      TTL input: 8/16/64 colors
      Analog input: unlimited colors
Input Signal:
      Video  TTL level positive
             Analog 0.5-0.7Vp-p/75Ohm positive
      Sync.  Separate sync. TTL level
             Horizontal sync. Positive/Negative
             Vertical sync. Positive/Negative
             Composite sync. TTL level Positive/Negative
             Composite sync. on green video sync.
             0.3Vp-p negative
Synchronization:
       Horizontal 15KHz to 35KHz automatically
       Vertical   50Hz to 80Hz automatically
Resolution:   800 x 600 Max.
Video Bandwidth: 30MHz (-3dB)
Misconvergence:
       Center: 0.3 mm Max.
       Corner: 0.5 mm Max.
Power Source:  Switching mode power supply.
               AC 90V-132V or 180V-265V, 50Hz/60Hz
Operating Temperature: -5 C to 40 C ambient
Humidity: 10% to 85% relative, non-condensing
Weight:  12.4 Kgs (net); 14.2 Kgs (gross)
Dimensions: 370 (W) x 360 (H) x 385 (D) mm
External Controls:  Power On/Off switch, Horizontal size switch, TTL/Analog select switch, TTL Text/Graphic Mode select switch; 4 in 1 selector (display amber/green/white on blue/normal in text mode or 8 colors/16 colors/64 colors/auto in graphic mode); brightness control, Contrast control, Vertical-size control (V-size), Vertical-center control (V.-center), Vertical-hold controle (V.-hold), Horizontal-center control (H.-center)