Hello

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by countzero on 2008/6/6 13:55:48

even without the scandoubler you can set your workbench to a VGA compatible screen mode and use it. It won't work for games and demos though, but still good to catch little bit of amiga feeling.

Will that work with *any* monitor?

What I mean is... the monitor doesn't need to be specialist...  like a multisync for instance?

Would it work on a 15" TFT?

 :-)

EDIT: Also, How do I set this up? Do I need to set the screenmode up before I attach it to a monitor?

Where do I find these VGA Screenmodes/Install them?

[DBAlex]

by countzero on 2008/6/6 16:01:57

no, any monitor is ok. I use a 17' LCD perfectly. The files are already there in any wb 3.1 installation. copy files dblpal, dblntsc, multiscan and vgaonly from storage/monitors to devs/monitors and restart. then go to prefs/screenmode and select a mode which suits you best. I recommend multiscan-productivity.

Cool... So I can copy the Monitor drivers for VGA before I plug in the VGA monitor, but when do I set the screenmode? Because I presume it won't show on a TV... What happens if It doesn't work though... Do I just boot using the WB disks and delete the VGA monitor driver so I can run the miggy on a TV again?

Cheers, Alex.

BTW: Posting from my A1200 @ 640x256... Heh... :crazy:

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I have a Viewsonic LCD monitor here that I'd love to use with my 1200, but despite their website telling me this: "Frequency fh:30~62kHz, fv:50~85Hz", I can't get anything to display on it at all. The monitor just reports a lack of sync, regardless of whether I use the double ntsc mode or the vga only mode. The annoying part is that the composite signal changes and of course doesn't get displayed on my TV because it's out of range! I think it's because the output of the Amiga is just a slightly longer wavelength than the 30kHz input the monitor needs, but I'm not really sure.

I think thats your problem... Amiga can only display the VGA modes at 60kHz...

Not comepletely sure though... would a couple of kHz really matter?  :-?