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From: dmb@wam.umd.edu (David M. Baggett)
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Subject: Re: Hertz
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Date: 19 May 91 15:06:34 GMT
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In article <1991May19.111056.6849@actrix.gen.nz> Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
>In article <1991May18.144553.17861@wam.umd.edu> dmb@wam.umd.edu (David M. Baggett) writes:
>> You can only do this if you have a "recent" SC1224.  The GoldStar monitors
>> won't work in both modes unless you fiddle with the adjustment switches
>> in the back.  (Do this while the monitor is OFF.)  In fact, GoldStar monitors

I meant to write "some" here. --------------------------------^

>> evidently can't be adjusted to work in both modes no matter what you do.
>> People with those monitors are just scr*wed when it comes to scan-rate
>> dependent European software.
>> 
>> Dave Baggett
>> dmb%wam.umd.edu@uunet.uu.net
>
>We have been using the GoldStar Monitors here in NZ. for many years
>without any 50/60HZ problems at all, if they are set up correctly they
>will work ok.

How many times do I have to post this?  I have one, and it won't work
in both modes.  Period.  Just because yours does doesn't mean
everyone's will.  I think I'm competent enough to adjust the picture so
that after several hours of fiddling on several different occasions I
could get it would work, but NO, mine simply won't do it.  And neither
will a friend's SC1224, both with the Atari label, mind you.

If I get my monitor into the state where the picture is "stable"
in both modes, the picture is shifted half way off the screen and
is incredibly grainy.  Great.

So what can I say?  NOT ALL SC1224's will work in both modes without
the adjustments being every time you want to change scan rates.

If people didn't do brain-damaged things like rely on the scan rate, we
wouldn't have this problem, but since people seem to have the attitude
of "hell, it works on my machine, it must work on everyone else's too."
we're doomed to have this problem 'til the end of time.  (Or until
everyone's running their ST's off multisync monitors.)

Dave Baggett
dmb%wam.umd.edu@uunet.uu.net