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My eyes!! My eyes!!
« on: September 03, 2004, 03:31:53 PM »
Hi all!

After finally getting my PC to talk with my Amiga using a Null-modem cable, I'm planning to say goodbye to my social life for a while and to irritate my girlfriend by spending large amounts of time with my Amiga. :-) There is, however, a slight problem that crops up every time I try to bring my plans into action. You see, my Amiga is connected to a TV set. And I'm sitting very near it. I tend to see scan-lines every time I switch it off, wich is kind of unsettling.

Apart from solutions like moving the TV further away, I've heard it's possible to attach several kinds of monitors. So far, I've considered these options:

1). A multiscan monitor, wich would enable me to view all modes without difficulty. I have seen one for sale, however, and it proved to be rather expensive.

2). A Commodore 1084 or likewise monitor. I've been told these work raher well, only they can't display all workbench screenmodes etc. I'm trying to find out wether this is true or not.

3). A SVGA monitor from my PC. Now, this is were things get vague. I seems one cannot attach an old monitor without special hardware. I've heard about 'flicker fixers' and 'scandoublers' and other arcane devices that would be able to be of assistance.

Can someone please inform this humble newbie wich method is most costeffective and efficient? I'd be very gratefull for some insight in these things!

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Re: My eyes!! My eyes!!
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2004, 08:00:30 PM »
Right.

Thanks for the replies!! It seems I will either scour the local secondhand-shops for a used 1084 monitor or get myself one of those nifty TV-video-card combos. Regarding the latter... do I need any special cables?

 
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Re: My eyes!! My eyes!!
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2004, 11:34:28 PM »
Oioioi leirbag28, slow down! :-) I'm new to this stuff and I'm getting dizzy! :insane:

Please let me elaborate: I own an A1200, on wich I use the Workbench a lot. I'm looking for a costeffective solution that's easy for a noob like me to install and doesn't ruin my PC-spoilt 85+ hertz vision. ;-) I figured the 1084 is perhaps the most common monitor used for Amiga's, so it must be able to display most/all of it's modes. Besides the TV-card, it looks like a good option since there must be lots of them still around. I'm not looking for confirmation, just good advice. As for the tv-card... a local store next door to me sells one relatively cheap, that I hope will be good. I'll probably get that one first, since it'll be even less expensive (Hey, I'm just a poor student).

I don't know anything about DoublePAL, productivity modes or special programs yet. I'm just starting to figure things out. :-) And these Genlock things, aren't they used for video-editing? They're probably hard to come by I guess..

Cheers,
Arthur



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