The Problem I have now, Monitor issue

[punkyclown]

Hi All,  I have now moved my A1200 to a BENQ FP937s Monitor. First I was using my older 1950, which was quite good. Ran almost every Monitor preset without issue. But the space I have and my desire to run both my A1200 and a Mac Mini running MorphOS caused me to put it away and switch to an LG TV which I bought in Germany.  Running the A1200 with a SCART connector. I would be able to then run the Mac Mini using the RS232 connector and an adapter for the mac. Since the Benq will run the Mac Mini in dvi mode I decided to see if I could get the A1200 to run on it.  I was succeful but only running about 29 Htz, so I am restricted as to what monitor presets I can use. No matter what I can not run any interlaced modes on the Benq.  So the problem is how do I get productive programs and most images to open on my current public screen.  If that is what the workbench screen is.  I was always a little fuzzy about that.  Some programs DPaint and Art Effect do it automatically. Some don't. And most Amiga images were created in interlaced mode. I guess that makes sense since TV video always used interlacing for graphics.  Anyway,a bit long winded but would appreciate your consideralbe advice.  Thanks
Brad

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

It sounds like your BENQ is not compatible with all the display modes the Amiga can output.  Most likely it can't sync down to 15KHz (this is the most common issue people face when trying to use modern display devices).

I'm not sure what you mean by hooking up a Mac Mini via RS-232.  That's a serial port connection.  I assume you mean the HD15 VGA connector?  (it's blue, has 15 pins vs the 9 pins the serial port has).

In any case, if you want to do this with minimal hassle, pay the money and get yourself an Indivision.  Looks like they're running around $140 USD on AmigaKit right now, other vendors may vary.

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=82&products_id=1148

There's lots of other solutions.  How much is your time worth to you to try to kludge one of them into working? :lol:

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Having never seen any device with a SCART connector on this side of the pond, here's what I'd do if I wanted to easily share one monitor between two computers:

Edit: that second cable also works the other way around.  If your computer only has DVI output and your display device only has HDMI input, it'll work that way, too.