Bvision and voodoo?

[Redbaron1]

Karlos wrote:

The BVision has an inbuilt monitor redirection for the early startup.

Hello,

Question about gfx card and A1200. Do you need 2 monitors for aga and bvision or both display can be use on the same monitor via the inbuilt monitor redirection feature you describe?

I think you have no choice but to use 2 monitors with voodoo/mediator combo isn't it?


rEdbaRON

[Redbaron1]

Vincent wrote:

There's no real way of getting round it other than buying a monitor switch box so you can only use one monitor.

I was looking for a gfx board upgade for my A1200, but not anymore. I remember, with my A4000, running a Spectrum EGS gfx board with a passthrough cable and CyberGFX drivers and I was able to switch display on a single monitor.

2 monitor for me is simply out of question.

Too bad they did not release any gfx board with passthrough cable for the Amiga 1200 :-( may be it was impossible to do? but you know, C'est la vie! ;-)

[Redbaron1]

Karlos wrote:

The BVision resident thingymabob captures the graphics.library calls to get the early startup and boot menus displaying on the BVision. It even works if you boot into workbench *without* your bvision driver activated.

The reason it does this is to ensure you can actually get into your system if you've had a problem. It's a life saver if you don't have a PAL monitor and you can't get into workbench for some reason or your RTG is trashed.

AFAIK, the graphics.library interception patches are removed when the monitor driver for the BVision is activated, so you need an AGA compatible monitor still.

What it does not do (at any point) is to magically redirect AGA to the BVision. You still need a seperate monitor.

Ok thanks for the explanation.

rEd baRON