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From: 451061%UOTTAWA.BITNET@CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (Valentin Pepelea)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Uses of a 1080 monitor
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Date: 22 Feb 89 07:28:24 GMT
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"William J. Murphy" <murphy@pur-phy> writes in Message-ID: <1992@pur-phy>

> 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

>     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?

Don't worry about anything, you may have both your computer and VCR connected
simoultaneously and flip between them as you please. As a poor student I have
been forced to use my 1080 monitor like this for years. But there are no
regrets, the image on a 1080 monitor is better than 90% of 14 inch television
sets out there.

The easiest way to record the output of your Amiga is to plug its composite
output to the composite input of the VCR. If the colors that get recorded on
the VCR are bleeding, use a low quality cable between the two. That seems to
cool down the Amiga composite output. It worked for me, so it should work for
you. Ah, and if you don't have an Amiga 1000, then you'll have to buy a
composite output modulator. There are a couple of companies selling those for
the Amiga; the modulator plugs right into the RGB port.

Valentin

(sorry, email bounced like a Boing! ball)

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