Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!kddlab!trl!rdmei!ptimtc!olivea!apple!usc!sdd.hp.com!think.com!mintaka!ogicse!intelhf!agora!billsey From: billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Monitors for the A3000 (Help! Anyone? please..?) Message-ID: <1990Nov30.172338.21530@agora.uucp> Date: 30 Nov 90 17:23:38 GMT References: <1386@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de> <1990Nov26.080211.15879@midway.uchicago.edu> Organization: Open Communications Forum Lines: 55 In article <1990Nov26.080211.15879@midway.uchicago.edu> zama@ellis.uchicago.edu (iftikhar uz zaman) writes: :[Warning: I am a hardware-illiterate Amiga-novice...I *would* :appreciate knowledgeable answer phrased in a way a dummy could :understand it...Thanks...] : :I am on the verge of buying an A3000 to take with me to Pakistan. :I cannot afford a two-page multisync...but: there is a two-page : :Hitachi Type HM-1719B-6 nineteen inch analog RGB computer being :offered to me at a *very* reasonable price. The phosophor on the :CRT is of the long-persistence type. And I am told that you have :to look to see the flicker in interlace mode (current user is :using it with an A1000). : :My work is limited to text editing and desktop publishing :applications. : :1) Will this thing *work* with an A3000? (Probably, yes, right?) If it works with an Amiga 1000, it'll work with the 3000. :2) I know I will be losing something in going the "cheapo" way-- :but I am saving over a thousand dollars...*What* will I be giving :up when I take this instead of a multisync? Especially in view of :the type of work I plan to use this for (desktop publishing, text :editing)...[I have heard people mutter things about special :"productivity modes"--what exactly does this translate to; and :is it the case that I won't be able to benefit from these?] You'll lose because of the flicker. If this monitor isn't a multisync capable of running at a horizontal sync frequency of 31.5 KHz (Speed of most VGA monitors) the display will be the same as it is on his 1000... ie., you can *hardly* see the flicker, as opposed to there is *no* flicker. Note that any of these monitors will still only display the standard 640x400 screen (Maybe as much as 720x480 via overscan). For a full two page display, you need a monitor like the A2024 from Commodore or the Moniterm monitor. :ANY help greatly appreciated... : :Thanks a whole lot... : :Iftikhar You might want to look seriously at a VGA monitor. It will not be as large as the 19" one you're looking at, but it will give you a true flicker free display at the 640x400 resolution. Or for a bit more money, try for the 2024 from Commodore. That give you a full 1008x800 monochrome display, perfect for desktop publishing. -- -Bill Seymour billsey@agora ***** American People/Link Amiga Zone Hardware Specialist NES*BILL ***** Bejed, Inc. NES, Inc. Northwest Amiga Group At Home Sometimes (503) 281-8153 (503) 246-9311 (503) 656-7393 BBS (503) 640-0842