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| 1236.1 | Possible, but...... | 60457::PARSONS | Down-under computing... | Wed Mar 09 1988 22:25 | 9 |
| Yes, it's possible. I tried using the TTL RGB output to a Commodore
1901 (in Australia sold for use with C 128) and it works.. BUT you
only have 16 colours, there is no way to get the 4096 unless you
use RGB Analog output, ie. the more expensive monitor. A better
compromise I found until I bought the "proper" monitor, was to use
the modulator (about $60 in Aus.) and a decent colour TV. A bigger
screen TV gives almost readable 80 col. text, 14 inch TV not so
good.
Regards, Guy Parsons
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| 1236.2 | I Believe You Can | DICKNS::MACDONALD | WA1OMM Listening 52.525 | Wed Mar 09 1988 22:40 | 3 |
| I believe you can connect a VR241 monitor to an Amiga 500. There
is a note somewhere on this conference that discusses it. No sound
of course, but that can be had via an external amp and speaker.
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| 1236.3 | | DICKNS::MACDONALD | WA1OMM Listening 52.525 | Wed Mar 09 1988 22:48 | 2 |
| Read notes 3.111 and 19.25 for more info on using a VR241 with the
Amiga.
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| 1236.4 | VR241-A works for me | DPDMAI::ANDERSONA | | Sat Mar 19 1988 12:22 | 25 |
| The VR241 works ok I just got my Amiga 500 thursday and it works
great. I used the hacked up DB25. The only problem that I had
was that I could not adjust the horizontal enougn so I had to leave
a .5 inch border around the screen. But since I prefer a black
background it dosent bother me. Also there was a few comments about
interlace mode not working to good on the VR241. It looks ok to
me. But I had to set a black background and bright contrasting
colors thru preferances. With these colors it dosent look any worse
the the demo I saw on the Comodore 1080 in the local store. As
for the number of colors I have a demo disk from Micro Ed that has
digitized pictures and tho I havent counted them there are more
than 16. The cat looked good enough to pet. Now if Abel will send
me the software that I ordered I will be off and running. Right
now I am stusk with the clock and the performance monitor. By the
way if you want information about Amiga Dos the manual that you
get with the 500 isnt worth the paper its printed on. I had to
buy "The AmigaDos Manual" printed by comodore for an extrs $23.00
at a book store. Its got a pretty good description of the dos and
the file structure for a new user.
So far I am very happy with my new toy.
Alan
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| 1236.5 | VR241 is a monitor that DEC sells, not a digital monitor | BOMBE::MOORE | close B cloths mode on Deputy Dan | Mon Mar 21 1988 18:25 | 6 |
| re: .4
The VR241 is an ANALOG monitor, that's why you get more than 16
colors. The term "digital monitor" usually refers to the type of
monitor commonly used on IBM PC (& clones) or C128. That interface
is also known as RGBI - Red + Green + Blue + Intensity.
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