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From: lel@wuphys.UUCP (Lyle E. Levine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: CEBIT Commodore Announcements (A2500, A3000), shipping RSN
Message-ID: <528@wuphys.UUCP>
Date: 27 Mar 88 03:59:12 GMT
References: <7735@oberon.USC.EDU> <10260005@eecs.nwu.edu> <9454@sunybcs.UUCP> <3488@cbmvax.UUCP> <644@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Reply-To: lel@wuphys.UUCP (Lyle E. Levine)
Organization: Physics Dept., Washington U. in St. Louis
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In article <644@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> rogers@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) writes:
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>I have read that the A2000 with the 8088 Bridge is slower than a PC due to
>the amount of time required to update the screen.  Will an A2000 with the
>68020 board and 8088 Bridge run at full PC speed?  How about an A2000 with

Don't know this one but I rather doubt it...

>only the 80286 board?  Or (finally) how about the 68020 and 80286?  What I'm

It was announced a while back that Commodore came up with some new
magic that allows the screen to keep up with the new 10MHz AT board.
I don't know how they did it..  Could someone at Commodore explain how
this was done?  I didn't think it was do-able...
>getting at it is: "what processor(s) do I have to replace to get PC speed 
>screen updates using a Bridge card in an A2000"?
See above.
>
>What monitor(s) are suitable for use with the non-interlace chips?  Is the
>flicker completely gone?
I'd recommend the new NEC multisync II.  I LOVE the display!  I just
saw an add for one for UNDER $500.  This beats the best price I have
seen for Mitsubishi's Diamond Scan Monitor. As for the flicker, I 
would be surprized if Commodore went to the trouble of fixing up the
screen display without using a high enough scan rate to eliminate
the flicker.  I think you need about 50 KHz.

>-- 
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Bob Rogers					        rogers@StPaul.NCR.COM
>NCR Comten, St. Paul, MN

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