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From: tlm@pur-phy (Timothy Lee Meisenheimer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: lousey video
Keywords: ghosting, fuzzy wuzzy was a bear.
Message-ID: <1972@pur-phy>
Date: 13 Feb 89 22:08:49 GMT
Reply-To: tlm@newton.physics.purdue.edu.UUCP (Timothy Lee Meisenheimer)
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga
Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept., W. Lafayette, IN
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I've had my 2000 for about 15 months now and since about 6 months ago
I started using an interlaced workbench screen all the time. I have since
noticed that the quality of the video varies considerably. I have a 2084
monitor,two floppies(but saw the problem when I had only one), and that's
all - pretty generic. The video will be nice and scrisp (I have colors which
I like and which help alot with the flicker), then it will jitter a bit and
finally goes blurry. One set of raster lines (either odd or even ones - I don't
know) stands out compared to the other set. Some of the solid fill areas -
like that in the front and back arrangement gadgets get ghosted to the left.
This  seems to have gotten worse and is not dependent on how long AMY has
been running - and sometimes will power on this way when the machine is cold.
After a while the video will be cleaned back up and will look sharp again.

When I first saw this happen I believe I tried re-seating all the chips but
it did'nt seem to help. A few weeks ago I was visiting a friend with a similar
set up (2000 & 2084) and happens to notice that his had gotten fuzzy too and
then cleared up again. Do we both have bad chips? (His amiga is only about
6 months old.) Is this common? Has anyone had this problem and been able
not make it go away for good? I don't relish the idea of writing my thesis
with a blurry screen! Help!

tim.