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From: elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Using non-CBM monitor with C128
Message-ID: <892@killer.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 15-May-87 23:45:21 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 15 23:45:21 1987
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in article <448@rlgvax.UUCP>, bub@rlgvax.UUCP ( Mongo Mauler) says:
> 	Having been loaned an ITT-Xtra PC-clone by my company's
> 	Powers That Be, naturally the first thing I did upon
> 	getting it home was to connect the monitor to my C128
> 	to check out this ultra-groovy 80 column stuff.  It was

Uh, bad thing to do. An IBM monochrome monitor is NOT NTSC compatible. It runs
its vertical sweep at a faster rate, I believe.... since I'm not an IBM guru,
I'm not exactly familiar with WHAT the difference is, just that IBM isn't NTSC
when it comes to monochrome.

If you really want to see 80 columns, I picked up this NAP amber screen that
I'm using right now for $50 at the local Service Merchandise store... works
great (and once I get around to running a cable from here to my stereo, it'll
sound great, too :-).
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