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From: jmpiazza@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Joseph M. Piazza)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Monochrome monitor recomendations?  (Summary)
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Date: 18 Nov 88 00:06:36 GMT
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	Here's a summary of the features I was looking for a good
monochrome monitor:

	Amber screen
	Greyscale  -- not just ON or OFF (amberscale? :-)
	400 line resolution interlaced
	400 lines non-interlaced (for new custom chips)
	and cost $150 or less (but willing to spend more if needed)

	Just as color multi-synch monitors are the choice for for best
compatibilities for the future, a multi-synch monochrome is also desirable.

	There seems to be only two widely available choices (after a two week
search):  the NEC Multisynch GS (Grey Scale) and the Princeton Max15.

	The NEC is available in white, amber, and green while
the Princeton is only available in white.  The NEC can be had for about $200
and the Princeton can be had from PC Connection for $269.  I chose the NEC
for Amber as well as the lower price (the $69 will by me a desk for me new
2000).

	Thanks to Neil Weinstock [rutgers!garage.att.com!nsw], Stuart Pierce
[rutgers!pnet01.cts.com!spierce], Lionel Hummel [hummel@s.cs.uiuc.edu],
and Dave Haynie [daveh@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com] for their responses.

	In a preliminary follow-up I asked whether a PS/2 compatible
(a Zenith ZMM-149A) will fit my needs.  It won't.   The problem 
is its 31.49 kHz horizontal scan frequency.  This will work in some modes of
the new chip set but would be rather useless for current Amigas that want a
NTSC's 15.6 kHz rate.

Flip side,

	joe piazza


--- Cogito ergo equus sum.

CS Dept. SUNY at Buffalo 14260

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