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Native Video vs RTG Graphics Cards
« on: January 06, 2005, 11:04:27 PM »
Hi -

I have both an A1200 and an A2000.
My project is to connect one of them to
the Internet for web page browsing.

My question is this - it seems to me that neither
machine will properly display web pages with graphics images without one of those fancy Cybervision or Picasso
cards.  

What will I be able to see with the native amiga graphics?

Stephen in NJ
Amiga 4000D/040 Warp Engine/SCSI-CD/Cybergraphic64/X-Surf
Amiga 1200T 060/60 PPC603e BVision and more
Amiga 1200 nice white case GVP1230/1291SCSI
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Thank you ! Native Video vs RTG Graphics Cards
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2005, 03:48:50 AM »
This is a great user community !  Thank you for all the suggestions !  I am using a Commodore 1950 monitor on the Amiga 1200 - I will try some of the software links provided and see what works best.  

Some of the accelerator / graphics card combos for the Amiga 1200 are very pricey.  I looked at Software Hut and it would seem that both together are about $500 !

Stephen in NJ
Amiga 4000D/040 Warp Engine/SCSI-CD/Cybergraphic64/X-Surf
Amiga 1200T 060/60 PPC603e BVision and more
Amiga 1200 nice white case GVP1230/1291SCSI
Amiga 2500 stock 2630 GVP HC+8(4)CD-ROM
 

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Re: Native Video vs RTG Graphics Cards
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2005, 03:50:46 AM »
Your note was very extensive.  Thank you for taking the time to post your suggestions. The DblPAL_ME2 is probably a good cost effective solution.  I will have to think hard about investing in a new accelerator / graphics card for the Amiga 1200.  That is big bucks !

Stephen Wagner
Amiga 4000D/040 Warp Engine/SCSI-CD/Cybergraphic64/X-Surf
Amiga 1200T 060/60 PPC603e BVision and more
Amiga 1200 nice white case GVP1230/1291SCSI
Amiga 2500 stock 2630 GVP HC+8(4)CD-ROM
 

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Re: Native Video vs RTG Graphics Cards
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2005, 10:18:35 PM »
Hi -

I in fact, do have a nice Amiga 2000.  Is the Village tronic Picasso 2 card any good for such things?  I thought that the A1200 would be the better machine to work with for web surfing, but maybe not?

Some of the folks on the site here are very savvy regarding all the new hardware and software.  I'm still struggling to get my machine configured right to do something useful with it.  

Regards,

Stephen Wagner
Amiga 4000D/040 Warp Engine/SCSI-CD/Cybergraphic64/X-Surf
Amiga 1200T 060/60 PPC603e BVision and more
Amiga 1200 nice white case GVP1230/1291SCSI
Amiga 2500 stock 2630 GVP HC+8(4)CD-ROM