picasso II + question

[spaceman88]

Hi,
I've never used a graphics card before (on an amiga), so I plugged the card into my Video Toaster equipped A4000 and installed some software I found on the net (Picasso II+ 1.21.lha). When I hooked up my PC monitor (a Phillips CRT) all I get is a "no signal" message. Is there something else I need to do? I tried both outputs.
Thanks

[Thomas]

You should install version 2 of the software: http://aminet.net/package/driver/video/Picasso96

It comes with a manual which basically tells you that you need to adjust the settings for your monitor with the Picasso96Mode program and after that you need to change the screenmode to the gfx card with Prefs/Screenmode.

Regarding a gfx card on the Amiga, only system-friendly programs which support different screen modes will be able to run on the gfx card. Badly written hardware-banging programs (mostly games) will not work (they will still display on the native Amiga video output, if at all).

[smerf]

Hi,
I've never used a graphics card before (on an amiga), so I plugged the card into my Video Toaster equipped A4000 and installed some software I found on the net (Picasso II+ 1.21.lha). When I hooked up my PC monitor (a Phillips CRT) all I get is a "no signal" message. Is there something else I need to do? I tried both outputs.
Thanks

Hi,

OK, The Picasso II board has 2 outputs on the back, looking at it from the back the right plug or the plug the closest to the side edge of the Amiga 4000 is the output.

BUT

That isn't going to be the end of your problem, the other video plug closest to the center of the Amiga, is an input plug, this plug must be fed by the 23 pin video output plug on the Amiga in order to get video out. Now I am using a GVP IV24 card that feeds my Picasso II, so I am using a VGA jumper plug for that. So the Picasso II card should have come with two pre-built jumper plugs, one for a Amiga video out, and one for a VGA video out. I am also using Picasso 96 for driver software and have the original Picasso II driver disk (not nearly as good as Picasso 96). If you bought the card without the plugs try looking at Software Hut used parts, or Amigakit for adapter plugs

Hope this helped

smerf

[save2600]

What Smerf suggests is all well and good if your monitor supports 15khz Horizontal signals. Most don't and most haven't. Here in the U.S., only a few from the late 80's to early 90's ever did. "Multisync" my arse! lol  

So... long and short of it is this: The Picasso card is NOT a flicker fixer or scan doubler. It only allows passthru of the original Amiga video out through its card in the very unlikely chance you have a true multi-syncing capable monitor (15khz).

[tone007]

the very unlikely chance you have a true multi-syncing capable monitor (15khz).

I just picked up an awesome 27" one!

[save2600]

I just picked up an awesome 27" one!

 You bum! Living at the right place at the right time...  lol

[CLS2086]

Hi,
I got a PII card in my A2000. I feed it with a DCE SD/FF and CGX v4, all works well.

[spaceman88]

I downloaded the newer software, but haven't had a chance to transfer it from my PC yet. Do I need the adaptor plugs (which I don't have) to see the original Amiga modes (like playing a game) or do I need them to see anything?
Thanks

[Matt_H]

Feeding in the native Amiga output is only necessary if you want to see native Amiga output. RTG/VGA output will always work.