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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Vga monitors, how do you use them?
Keywords: panic
Message-ID: <22391@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 13 Jun 91 04:11:38 GMT
References: <13342@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <13342@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> aru@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Sri-Man) writes:
>Well, I just got my amiga and I have some questions on it.  Its a 3000UX and
>I have a PS/2 type monitor meaning it is fixed at 31kHz.  

So far, so good.  Had one hooked to an A3000 myself not long ago.

>My question is, is how do you get it to work for all the graphics modes?  

You hook it to the VGA port (15 pin), and make sure the scan converter bypass
switch is not bypassing.

>I was looking through the manul about the display enhancer switch.  It is 
>supposed to put a clean 31kHz signal but I find that there is no change at 
>all in the picture and the only mode I can use is the productivity modes.  

Sounds like you have the enhancer in bypass mode.  Flick the switch.

>This setup is unusable because software bypasses the 31Khz signal 

Software has no control over the scan converter.  With that engaged, you get
nothing by 31kHz.


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