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From: childs@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (David W. Childs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Cable for a NEC MultiSync
Message-ID: <8529@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Date: 7 Nov 88 22:54:55 GMT
References: <5004@louie.udel.EDU> <1050@esunix.UUCP>
Reply-To: childs@cit-vax.UUCP (David W. Childs)
Organization: California Institute of Technology
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In article <1050@esunix.UUCP> blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes:
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>(Blaine talking about his NEC Multisync.)
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>Interlace will not smoke the monitor, but this model does NOT display
>interlace correctly. Instead of offsetting each frame one scan line (for
>odd and even frames), both frames are displayed on the same set of scan
>lines. If you think interlace looks bad, you ain't seen nothing yet!
>Anything smaller than 2 scanlines high gets overwritten by the
>contrasting image in the other frame.
>
>Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland    580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
>Here: utah-cs!esunix!blgardne   {ucbvax,allegra,decvax}!decwrl!esunix!blgardne
>There: uunet!iconsys!caeco!pedro!worsel!blaine

That's funny.  My original NEC Multisync works great in interlace.  I don't
remember exactly, but it may have just taken an adjustment on the little
nobs on the top of the monitor.   I got it about 2.5 years ago, and have not
had a single problem with it.  It even lets me adjust Vertical/Horizontal
position, and Vertical size.  I have been running workbench in interlace
for about 1.5 years, and it always shocks me when I boot an old disk
with a non-interlace screen.

I do remember some sort of problem with the monitor when I got it, but
I think that was just the black space between lines while in non-interlace.

Now, I did have a problem when I hooked a genlock 1300 up to my system.
It looked as though it was doing what Blaine described above.  (That was
my explanation to the dealer at least.)  I took it back and havn't tried
any other genlocks.  The dealer I purchased it from was the best I've ever
been to.  They are a mail order house also, and they took it back with no
problems, and their prices were slightly higher than the best mail order
prices I've seen, but you get dealer support.  I got my 2M expansion from
them for $425.  :-)  (I am happy with my 2.5M total.)  I did pay too much
for my Supra 20M disk, but I got it early.  I guess it all equals out.

I am getting a Lucas Board RSN.  I already sent my money.  Just so I know,
is the 030 plug compatible with the 020?  What about the 882 vs 881?  I
have had some problem with my setup, so I hope Lucas doesn't break my power
supply.  I want about 2-4M of 32 bit wide ram.

I just got off the phone with someone who has a 68020/68881/68851 @ 16MHz,
6286 4k words/32 bit wide static ram @ 35ns, 145040 AtoD w/external clock
145041 DtoA w/external clock, all technical manuals, engineering bulitons,
brocheres, etc package for the low low price of $329.50.  You can save $20
per, in orders of 5 or more.  Probably not worth the hassle of a huge order
for multiple people.

Probably every distributer has this deal, but out of two
that I talked to, Hamilton Avnet knew of the deal, Wyle didn't.  You may
actually have to have an account with them to get this offer.  I'm not
sure I want to order many copies and then hope to actually have people
buy them off of me, but I will consider if a good payment sceme is
devised.

Is there room on the lucas board to add a cashe?  This is something I know
how to do.  (Hey, maybe my education will pay off.)  Actually, I could add
it to my 32 bit wide ram daughter board.  Yeh, that's the ticket.

David Childs 818 356-6790 work: