I have a couple of questions about the amiga a520 and the capabilities of a monitor:
1: I've heard that the a520 doesn't work with all models. Is that true?
2: Is there any advantage to using a real monitor? Can it display more screenmodes?
The reason I ask is that I might be able to get an amiga 1000 monitor for free. However, since I have an a520 I don't know if I can justify picking one up.
You don't need an a520 with an A1000. A1000 has color video out (which is what I would use) and it also has an RF modulator built in (need a c64 style large din type cable I think) if you have a really old tv that had no video in.
A1000 video out is really really good quality. If I remeber the A500s/A2000s video out was B/W(why? why? why? 4096 colors in B/W?? Grrr!!! Comodore) so you need the a520 which is garbage if you ask me. If you are using it for games and things this is my preferred method anyway. If you use an RGB monitor games don't look as good as you see all the pixels.
Though for Workbench and things like Flight Simulator it is much easier to read small text on an RGB monitor.
EDIT:
Oops. Think I miss read. Where you going to get a monitor for free? I thought you meant an A1000 and wanted to know if you should buy a monitor for it or not. Sorry.
