monitor multisync advise

[AAACHIPSET]

my  1084  is  starting to play up  so im thinkin of a monitor ..vga would be good with a flicker fixer on my 1200 ..but i remember a mate had a multi syc
monitor an his workbench was always a good resolution ..prob 800/600
i guess ..i tried a multisync i have but it wouldnt turn on ..no signal message from the amiga i think ..so does anyone  know what multisync monitors  work on a a1200 to do a resolution of  800/600  or  better ??
also i cant  seem to get my squirrel to work with a ram/fpu card ..used to be able to play microcosm with installed card ...
thanks  in advance ..

[lionstorm]

you need a 15khz monitor but they are very rare so expensive and probably quite old now (10-15 years) like the nec 3d, the microvitec 1438 and 1538 and commodore 1960.

[AAACHIPSET]

nec3d ..that was it ..how  bout a lcd tv ..what resolution is possible

[clusteruk]

I have to say, I got a 23 pin rgb plus amiga audio cable to Scart and plugged into my LCD panel tv.

Bingo, any resolution and flicker free, amazing.

[AAACHIPSET]

thanks lookin at a lcd tv monitor on ebay ..i need a tv for my bedroom anyway ..but does any lcd work or only certain brands ..

[CLS2086]

my  1084  is  starting to play up  so

Replace all caps polarised or non-polarised (or ask someone skilled enough), and keep it !
Very very few LCD are good enough to replace it
And Old NEC 3D multisync monitors are hard to repair...

[runequester]

I've used this
http://www.ambery.com/rgbcgatovgac.html
with a simple amiga monitor port to VGA adapter and while a bit pricey, it'll work great with a normal monitor or LCD

[TheBilgeRat]

I've used this
http://www.ambery.com/rgbcgatovgac.html
with a simple amiga monitor port to VGA adapter and while a bit pricey, it'll work great with a normal monitor or LCD

Do you think this is a better way to go than, say, an indivision or similar product?

[runequester]

Do you think this is a better way to go than, say, an indivision or similar product?

I havent tried the indivision so I can't compare directly

The advantages I find are:

its available now, rather than later (there should be new batches of AGA indivision)

You dont have to open up your amiga and stick stuff in there

It'll work with any model, whereas some models of amiga, getting the indivision fitted seems to be a bit of a challenge.


Im not sure where the price compares. With the monitor adapter and a vga to vga cable, I ended up paying something like 150 total I think.

[Cammy]

I know you've probably already made up your mind but I'll offer some advice based on my own experience.

I have been using two A1200s with the same LCD TV/Monitors for some time now. One of the A1200s has an Indivision and runs Workbench in 1024x768. It is crystal clear and never flickers. On the other A1200, it's running Workbench in 680x536 through a cheap RGB-S-Video adapter from amigamaniac.com in PAL with the maximum overscan that will fit on the screen. The pixels aren't as sharp as the Indivision, but the image is clear and solid, and never flickers thanks to the LCD TV's built-in flicker fixer. If I really need to, I can switch the resolution to 1360x536 and put the TV in 16:9 mode, which gives me heaps of room for those wide websites, but I still prefer the regular resolution for most things. I never have a problem fitting any Amiga software on screen, it's really only those large websites that you need to scroll around a bit. Even the Amiga.org proxy resizes the website to fit in PAL/NTSC resolutions so it's not a big problem not having 800x600 or above modes.

I wouldn't worry about a big, bulky multisync monitor if I were you, since LCD TVs do a pretty good job as monitors for Workbench as well as games, and of course you can watch TV on them too. Just make sure you get a LCD TV with either Scart or S-Video, and then get the appropriate connector for the Amiga to hook up to it. If you can take your Amiga into the shop and test it out before buying it may help make the best choice, but make sure you keep the receipt in case you need to return it for another more compatible model. I have noticed some LCD TVs handle the Amiga better than others, some won't accept non-interlaced modes (no low-res games will work) and others have this strange intermittent jump every five to ten seconds, which may be barely noticeable to some people but could drive others crazy.