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Offline Ami_GFX

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Re: My A2000 wants to display more colors!
« on: February 15, 2008, 06:03:39 PM »
I would use a card that can use Picasso 96--free--or CybergraphX--not free--drivers. These are the only drivers that give you a decent RTG Workbench.These include:

Picasso II
Picasso IV--expensive but worth it.
EGS 28/24 Spectrum
Piccolo
Merlin--rare but great. I know, I have one.

The cards to avoid are ones that are incompatible with Picasso 96 and CyberGraphX drivers.  These cards include:

Retina
Firecracker
GVP IV 24

The more memory your graphics card has, the better. 2mb should be minimum.

I use an EGS Spectrum 28/24 in my A2000 and have tried the Merlin as well. Another good thing to have is a Flicker fixer--if your video slot is free, a 2320 Amber card works great--so you can use a VGA monitor for the native Amiga modes and throw away your Commodore monitor--or sell it for a fairly decent chunk of cash. An Amiga connected to a modern LCD monitor is absolutely wonderful. Commodore monitors are dinasaurs. The quality wasn't really that great for the times and newer monitors are much much better.
A2500 owned since 1993 with A2630/DKB 2632, DKB Megachip, GVP EGS Spectrum, A2320 and GVP HC+8 on the inside and a DCTV on the outside. A4000D with CSPPC, Cybervision 64 and a Flicker Magic flicker fixer. A4000T Toaster Flyer & CSMKII. All systems completly retro and classic and mostly used to do geometic art as in my avatar.
 

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Re: My A2000 wants to display more colors!
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2008, 06:27:19 PM »
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ral-clan wrote:
I thought someone had written a Cybergraphx driver for the Retina.


Only for the Z3 BLT model. The Zorro II model only has it's native drivers.
A2500 owned since 1993 with A2630/DKB 2632, DKB Megachip, GVP EGS Spectrum, A2320 and GVP HC+8 on the inside and a DCTV on the outside. A4000D with CSPPC, Cybervision 64 and a Flicker Magic flicker fixer. A4000T Toaster Flyer & CSMKII. All systems completly retro and classic and mostly used to do geometic art as in my avatar.