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From: a218@mindlink.UUCP (Charlie Gibbs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Flicker Fixer
Message-ID: <600@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 16 Oct 89 20:34:09 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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     I've been using a flickerFixer for the requisite six months,
and it's WONDERFUL!  I've forgotten it's even there until I go back
to my 1000 and see all the scan lines again.  Areas of a solid
colour are a *solid* colour, perfectly even, and on a non-interlaced
CLI the pixels making up each character are little square blocks.

     For a monitor I'm using a 14-inch unit under the name "Imtec".
I've seen the same monitor bearing different names - apparently it's
made by Samsung.  I chose it on the recommendation of another
satisfied flickerFixer user (thanks, Larry!) and it works just fine.
This monitor also works at normal NTSC scan rates; since it took a
couple of weeks for the flickerFixer to arrive, my dealer made up a
cable that hooked the monitor to the standard RGB port, and I used
it that way while I was waiting.

     The only possible complaint about the monitor is that when I
run it from the flickerFixer, I can't get the image to fill the
entire screen.  (It has no problem when running from the standard
RGB port, though.)  This actually isn't that much of a problem -
it means that I can use overscan and see everything.  The disk
that comes with the flickerFixer includes a version of MoreRows,
and it's easy, even from the Workbench, to switch to a Workbench
screen size of 704 x 350 pixels.  This lets me stretch a
noninterlaced CLI window to 27 lines of 81 characters.  If I
switch my favourite editor, CygnusEd, into (no longer really)
interlace mode, I can select a screen size of 704 x 470 pixels,
and display 57 lines of text on the screen at once - and it's
rock-solid.

     I've heard that you can't use a genlock on a machine equipped
with a flickerFixer.  I don't have a genlock, so it's not a problem
for me.  However, I've also heard a rumour that MicroWay is working
on a daughter board to enable a genlock to be used.

     My recommendation to everyone is to try to get some sort of
multi-scanning monitor if at all possible, even if you don't need
it right away.  It only costs about a hundred dollars more than a
normal monitor (at least it did for me up here in Canada - your
mileage may vary) and it gives you the option of later moving up to
a flickerFixer (or the new Denise chip when it comes out) without
having to get another monitor.

Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.UUCP
I'm trying to find the stationery department but they keep moving it.