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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Help wanted on SCART connector
Keywords: SCART, help
Message-ID: <13291@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 19 Jul 90 05:16:34 GMT
References: <1990Jul16.094028.12793@siesoft.co.uk>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax (George Robbins)
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Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1990Jul16.094028.12793@siesoft.co.uk> stuart@siesoft.co.uk (Stuart Hood) writes:
> I have just bought a TV which has a SCART input. I am thinking of
> buying an Amiga if:
> 
> a) it is possible to connect it to the SCART.
> b) the quality of the picture is sufficient to read 80 columns of text.
> 
> A friend has an Amiga with which I could test this but we don't know
> which of the Amiga's connectors to wire to the SCART. Any information
> on which to use and whether a mistake could damage either the TV or the
> Amiga would be much appreciated.

Well, as I understand it, SCART is an all-in-one connector, that might have
both composite and RGB on it.  If the interface is composite video or thru
any RF modulator, you aren't going to get readable 80 column text.  If it's
thru an RGB interface, the capability is there, but the result depends on
the quality of the monitor electronics/crt resolution.

RGB monitors with a SCART cable are the standard Amiga setup for France
and presumably any other hard-core SECAM countries.

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