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A500/1000 monitor questions
« on: October 17, 2005, 11:57:52 PM »
I hooked up with an Amiga 500, and I finally found some Kickstart/Workbench disks for my A1000. Now I've realized that  I need a monitor instead of using a TV (ok TV card really).

  What type of monitor would you recommend? If I go with a commodore monitor, which ones are best for the Amigas? Will I need a special cable? If so which one?

 I am heading to ebay to search for a monitor (and a mouse, the Amiga Key + cursors is a pain), but I wanted to check before I purchased.

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Re: A500/1000 monitor questions
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2005, 12:31:34 AM »
Yes I am using RF to my TV card, and the quality is poor (and on the A500 monochrome too). I'd like to be able to have a dedicated monitor for my Amiga(s). So I need a 1080 or 1084?
 (hopefully they come with the proper cable to hook to my Amiga)

Are these any good
http://cgi.ebay.com/AMIGA-Sync-Strainer-For-Regular-Computer-Monitors_W0QQitemZ8710112440QQcategoryZ4598QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Re: A500/1000 monitor questions
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2005, 02:54:21 AM »
Well poo. (pardon my language).

 It seems that ebay is pretty slim pickings for 1080's and 1084's currently... Ah I am cursed to use RF it seems.

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Re: A500/1000 monitor questions
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2005, 03:31:34 AM »
I am using a hauppauge wintv-pci tv card via RF in. It's super fuzzy though. Is there a place that lists the compatible monitors for an A500 or A1000? I see alot of amiga stuff in the UK but shipping on a monitor to the US would be Expensive.

Is this monitor compatible:Commodore: 1950
http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=856
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C64 - TSR Gold Box AD&D games forever!

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