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From: skank@du248-07.cc.iastate.edu (Skank George L)
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Subject: Re: Where are PAL and Productivity modes on A3000?
Keywords: Productivity mode
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Date: 28 Aug 90 07:14:06 GMT
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In article <16mJo3w162w@valnet> Joseph Hillenburg (joseph@valnet.UUCP) writes:
>6600dan@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes:
>
>> I have heard much talk about PAL mode and Productivity mode for the
>> A3000.  However, I have no clue on how to do this.  My first instinct
>> is to try the ScreenMode Preferences.  However, I get only four
>> possible screenmodes, as follows:
>> 
>> NTSC:Hires
>> NTSC:SuperHires
>> NTSC:Hires-Interlaced
>> NTSC:SuperHires-Interlaced
>> 
>> These four seem to work fine, but again, that's all I've got.  What do
>> I need to do to get productivity mode and the PAL modes?

     To get the vaunted Productivity mode on you A3000 you first need a
multiscanning monitor like the 1950.  Open the System2.0 window on your A3000. 
Click on the MonitorStore and Monitors icons.  Drag the 1950 icon from the 
MonitorStore window over to the Monitors window.  Find the AddMonitor icon and
select it.  Reboot the A3000, now when you select ScreenMode Preferences you
should have Productivity and Productivity-Interlaced. (I think that's the
correct procedure, I have mine configured so that I can use Productivity, but
I don't have the manual sitting in front of me right now.)  In any event, the
correct procedure is given in chapter 4 of the Using the System Software manual
AND AN ERATTA SHEET, it's the one that tells how to boot your 3000 so that it
runs 2.0 or 1.3, that very same eratta sheet tells how to reload your hard
drive in case of SERIOUS problems.  I haven't attempted any experimentation
with PAL mode yet.

                          George
                          Rebel Without A Clue