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From: pselver@ssi3b1.zone1.com (Peter Selverstone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Cables for NEC IIa multisync to A2000
Keywords: A2000, NEC IIa, cable
Message-ID: <1990Jan19.153156.12184@ssi3b1.zone1.com>
Date: 19 Jan 90 15:31:56 GMT
References: <935@fs1.ee.ubc.ca> <1990Jan15.052443.23284@ssi3b1.zone1.com> <1990Jan17.172823.13660@santra.uucp>
Reply-To: pselver@ssi3b1.UUCP (Peter Selverstone)
Organization: Spy Pond Systems
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In article <1990Jan17.172823.13660@santra.uucp> ayr@pollux.hut.fi (Ari Yrj|l{) writes:
>In article <1990Jan15.052443.23284@ssi3b1.zone1.com> pselver@ssi3b1.UUCP (Peter Selverstone) writes:
>
>>The NEC MultiSync 2A is, curiously enough, not a multiscanning monitor.
>>It is a VGA (and Super-VGA) monitor.  It will work fine if you have a
>>flicker fixer board, but it cannot be connected directly to the Amiga.
>>
>That sounds strange. I had no problems connecting NEC Multisync IIA to
>my Amiga. I just made a cable with RGB, sync and ground signals connected
>and everything worked fine.
>
>If you know what you're talking about then I guess NEC is selling
>different monitor under same name here in Europe...
>
In the US, the NEC MultiSync II (which IS a multiscanning monitor) has
been discontinued and replaced by the MultiSync 3D.  NEC's model numbering
scheme is very confusing.  The 2A is not the same as the II. 
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