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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A1000's running continuously
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Date: 19 Nov 89 23:20:54 GMT
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In <4442@nigel.udel.EDU>, jones@eglin.af.mil (Calvin Jones, III) writes:

>This machine is the first one sold in our area --- no halfbrite, good 
>PALs, and a *REAL* 1080 monitor with the little feet to tilt it forward!

A little trivia for the oral history buffs.  The 1080 was the same monitor as
the 1902, which was designed for the C128.  The 128 did not support analog RGB,
though the 1902 was produced both with and without analog RGB capability.  On
the ones that were produced without the capability, there were a dozen or so
components (diodes, caps, etc.) omitted from the circuit board, and the three
position switch could not be placed in the analog RGB position because of a
slight difference in the opening in the plastic case. I personally think that
the analog RGB circuitry was removed to prevent folks from saving a few hundred
bucks by buying the 1902 rather than the 1080.

The little feet to tilt it forward?  Well, if you take a look at the 128
(similar to an A500, but a little shorter), you will see that if the front of
the 1902 (or 1080), is placed on the rear 'platform' of the 128, that the feet
make it stand pretty much flat.

-larry

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