using those tiny little LCD screens as monitors...

[SamOS39]

Hey people!
Firstly my appologies for being away from this site for so long. I feel like ive missed a lot!

Anyways i make music on my A1200 and i do live shows too!

When i gig i like to do everything live off the amiga and the only problems ive really ever had is finding something to use as a monitor..

ive been looking at these mini LCD screens on ebay and was wondering if anybody tried them out ..
it would be awsome to make some sort of modification to mount in onto the case.

i was looking at this one in particular:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190487816629&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

would this work?

cheers
Sam.

[tone007]

The one you linked should work via the 1200s composite connection.  There are slightly larger screens available with VGA connections that would give better quality picture in either Multisync/DBL modes or through a scandoubler.

[SamOS39]

yeah, my 1200 has a built in scan doubler so if theres any VGA monitors of a similar size you'd recomend then that would be good.

im going to be running OctaMED v4 and the res is fairly low on that software so as long as i can make out text on the screen etc thats fine

[freqmax]

Cashier terminals commonly use smallsize VGA-input screens. Just a tip

[Selles]

Just set your Amiga 1200 at its default screen resolution of 640 X 200. Octomed will run at this resolution and look great on the color composite output. Better yet, shitcan Octomed and run Soundtracker, Noisetracker, or Protracker. They look much nicer then Octomed and are perfect for 640 X 200 res.
 
BTW, I use monitors like these on my Video Toaster 2000 setup.  They work very well as the preview and program monitors.  They are light weight and do not take up much space on my desk.

[motorollin]

I've used a Sony PSOne screen with the Amiga's composite output, and also with a C64.

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moto

[jj]

love sig moto

[motorollin]

love sig moto

Ta Hope you managed to break out of the infinite loop.

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moto

[SamOS39]

yeah cheers!

@Selles
Soundtracker, Noisetracker and Protracker all suck though

but yeah the fact that they are so small and light weight is why im interested..

@freqmax
i bought an IBM 10" cashier monitor a couple years ago but it was a nightmare to use!
even though it was connected via scandoubler it required a really wierd screen mode to work ... cant remember what screen mode it was but the amiga didnt like it!
after about an hour you start getting glitches of the screen and the screen turns black every 2-3 seconds and then comes back again.. not very fun when youve got the sampler on a loop and your trying to load the next track at a show

the monitor works fine on my XP desktop machine..

[motorollin]

@Sam
If you're just using it for trackers, do you really need to use VGA through a scandoubler? Just seems to me like you're making life harder for yourself Any composite monitor should work I would have thought.

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moto

[jj]

there is a coding error in your sig though

you have got fro c = and then you next ct ?

I prefer just to use next without the varaible anyway as long as code nested properly not an issue and you can make mistakes like yours then

[motorollin]

there is a coding error in your sig though

you have got fro c = and then you next ct ?

Oh yeah! Fixed

I prefer just to use next without the varaible anyway as long as code nested properly not an issue and you can make mistakes like yours then

Wouldn't lines 30 and 40 repeat infinitely then? I used the count variable so they would only repeat twice.

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moto

[SamOS39]

@motorollin

its a long story. the board inside my A1200 used to be inside a EZ tower which i had to sell at the time..

i never fitted the scan doubler and i didnt want to attept to remove it .. i dont even know if it can be removed ..

besides i got it plugged into a VGA tube at the moment and the picture is crystal clear!

[jj]

no what i meant is

FOR C = 1 TO 2
  code
NEXT

usually in basic you dont have to say next c

[motorollin]

@motorollin

its a long story. the board inside my A1200 used to be inside a EZ tower which i had to sell at the time..

i never fitted the scan doubler and i didnt want to attept to remove it .. i dont even know if it can be removed ..

besides i got it plugged into a VGA tube at the moment and the picture is crystal clear!

Fair enough. It certainly would look better on VGA than composite.

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moto