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From: higgin@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Monitors: what letters of the alphabet do I need?
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Date: Sun, 28-Sep-86 02:04:34 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 28 02:04:34 1986
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In article <3789@amdahl.UUCP> acs@amdahl.UUCP (Tony Sumrall) writes:
>Well, I'm just about ready to start looking for a monitor for my machine
>(been using a 13" color TV for quite some time).  Anyway, I've been watching
>the mags for adverts and am absolutely dumbfounded by the alphabet soup
>that proliferates in the monitor world what with EGA, PGA, NTSC, PAL,
>RGBA, RGBI, etc. etc.  Can someone shed some light on what it is I need
>for the Amiga interface-wise and all?

Let's have a go at explaining the letters - EGA - enhanced graphics
adaptor (IBM name for nice RGB-(oops another one, that's RED-GREEN-BLUE
input)-I(intensity) 350 vertical line resolution board).
PGA - Professional Golfers Association - sorry, just kidding, I assume
it's a professional graphics adaptor - hmm. NTSC - North-American
Television Standord C(?) - it's the name for the type of video signals
used in North America.  Yes, your monitor must be NTSC compatible.
PAL - don't know what it stands for, but it's the "other" video standard
which is used most everywhere OTHER than North-America.
RGBA - Red-Green-Blue-ANALOG inputs - the Amiga needs this because its
control of the color is ANALOG which allows all those thousands of
colors.  RGB-I only allows 16 (think of each of R-G-B-I as one bit = 16).

So, you need an NTSC-RGB-Analog monitor at the minimum.  If you see a
mention of the "dot pitch" you want as LOW a number as possible.  This
basically specifies the resolution of the monitor itself.  The 1080
is .4<?> or thereabouts, which is barely ok.  The Sony 1311 is REAL fine,
around .3 I think.

As for a cable - good luck.  The Amiga has this wonderful(!) 23 pin
connector which I've never seen ANYWHERE before.  The easiest way if
you find you'll need a custom cable and can't get one would be to hack
off the two end pins on a DB25 connector and make your own.

No doubt I've made TONS of inaccuracies in what I have said here, but
please don't flame too hard, it should help Tony somewhat.

	Paul.

Disclaimer: I don't work for anyone, and my opinions are my own.
  I know I can get a NEC Multi-sync