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From: murphy@pur-phy (William J. Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Uses of a 1080 monitor
Message-ID: <1992@pur-phy>
Date: 20 Feb 89 14:22:12 GMT
Reply-To: murphy@newton.physics.purdue.edu (William J. Murphy)
Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept., W. Lafayette, IN
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Last night, I was trying to hook up a VCR to my 1080 monitor.  Being ignorant
of possible problems, (I want to use the VCR to watch television and movies)
I disconnected all computer related paraphenalia from the monitor.  Changing
the mode to video composite and hooking up the cables from the VCR to 1080,
Viola I can watch TV again.  

   My questions are these, when I have the computer hooked up and running,
can I change the mode to composite video and watch the tube if I'm waiting
for something to happen on the Amiga?  Do I need to have the cable from the
Amiga disconnected to safely watch my favorite movie rental?  What is the 
easiest (read least expensive) way to record composite color video out 
from the Amiga if I'm running a simulation or something?  

   Well, for anyone with some answers, please e-mail me. 

Thanks,
Bill Murphy
murphy@newton.physics.purdue.edu