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From: hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A2410 board
Message-ID: <16409@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 10 Dec 90 17:29:46 GMT
References: <1353@ewu.UUCP> <92781@aerospace.AERO.ORG> <184e2619.ARN04333@adspdk.UUCP> <16288@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1415@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
Reply-To: hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1415@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de> p554mve@mpirbn.UUCP (Michael van Elst) writes:
>In article <16288@cbmvax.commodore.com> hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood) writes:
>>PAL resolutions such as 640x512 at 50Hz I believe is possible given the
>>right programming.  The A2410 is not genlockable however.  
>
>Why not ? I see that you can't use it with the genlock cards using the
>video port but with the right programming you can produce an 50Hz interlaced
>signal which can be used with external genlocks.
>
>
>-- 
>Michael van Elst
>UUCP:     universe!local-cluster!milky-way!sol!earth!uunet!unido!mpirbn!p554mve
>Internet: p554mve@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
>                                "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."

 Because the A2410 card is a seperate video display device that lacks
the genlocking circuitry that is built-in to the Amiga custom chip set.

Regards,
Scott Hood

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