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From: cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matthew W Crowd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga Video Lamers was Re: (Video) Hardware Idiots ?
Message-ID: <1991Jun9.233533.14546@marlin.jcu.edu.au>
Date: 9 Jun 91 23:35:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: marlin.1991Jun9.233533.14546
References: <1991Jun8.202434.22621@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu> <1991Jun8.234020.29594@marlin.jcu.edu.au> <1991Jun9.181849.27338@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu>
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In article <1991Jun9.181849.27338@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu> consp03@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Kriston J. Rehberg) writes:
>In article <1991Jun8.234020.29594@marlin.jcu.edu.au>,
>cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matthew W Crowd) writes:
>
>|>So the 2410 has a device driver eh?                  
>
>I didn't say it did, but it can be done using Addmonitor.
>
>|>Have YOU used productivity?? This has to be the biggest lemon that C=
>|>ever wasted their money on developing.
>
>Productivity is great.  It's real VGA, and, yes, I use it on a
>day-to-day basis on an Amiga 3000.  The screen is much more solid than a
>flicker-fixed display, and, in my opinion, is a good alternative mode
>for people who want 640*480 but don't want to waste money on those
>quirky flicker fixers.

I'm sorry, but "real VGA" has more than a pitiful 4 colours. It may
look o.k but once you run an application that doesn't support it
your monitor goes into Spastic Mode and has to drop it's frequency.

A lot of people were disappointed with this display mode, hoping
they could get away with not having to buy a display enhancer board.

>
>|>Matt Crowd        cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au         | Thinking of a 
>
>Good day!
>
>Kris
>                                       
>+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>|Kriston J. Rehberg, Student Consultant, SUNY Binghamton Computer Services    |
>|consp03@BINGSUNS.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU               +---------------------------+
>|CONSP03@BINGVAXA.BITNET                          |Opinions expressed here are|
>|                                                 |my own and do not represent|
>| Summertime, summertime.  Fun, fun, summertime...|those of this organization |
>+-----> Only Amiga makes it possible! <-----------+--------------------- ;-b -+


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