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From: robin@castle.ed.ac.uk (R C Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Neo Desk 3
Message-ID: <11035@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 14 Jun 91 07:59:42 GMT
References: <43160@cup.portal.com> <750118@hpsad.HP.COM>
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In article <750118@hpsad.HP.COM> randyh@hpsad.HP.COM (Randy Hosler) writes:
>/ hpsad:comp.sys.atari.st / erkamp@arc.ab.ca (Bob Erkamp) /  8:28 am  Jun 11, 1991 /
>In article <43160@cup.portal.com> Azog-Thoth@cup.portal.com (William Thomas Daugustine) writes:
>>
>>PS: a question totally unrelated. Is there any way to fake the ST out
>>when using a colour monitor, into thinking its a monochrome? Id like 
>>to get the high res, but dont wanna have two monitors. I am thinking
>>maybe dropping or raising a line marked 'monochome detect' that I 
>>see in the pinout.
>>
>
>If you tie the mono-detect line to ground the ST thinks it has a mono
>monitor hooked up to it.  The scan rate goes to 70Hz and all you see on
>the color monitor (actually I'm not sure about the color monitor, but on
>my TV) all I see is scrolling orange lines.  In other words, it don't
>work that way.  But, you may be able to hear the audio. :-)

When I asked this question ~2 years ago I got the reply of DONT DO THIS
the higher frequency will burn out the coils...Needless to say I didn't
try this.

Robin