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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A couple of dumb questions
Keywords: Keymaps, moniters
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Date: 28 Feb 89 21:32:48 GMT
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In article <6986@boulder.Colorado.EDU> (Nick Wilde) writes:
>Software - Is it possible to create your own "Keymap" files ? How ?

Yes, the format is documented in the Rom Kernel Manual. It isn't 
particularly easy for a novice though.

>Hardware - Is it possible to hook a 2000 to an Apple Mac II color
>           monitor ? If so, how ?  Do I have to create a special cable ?

No it isn't. The Mac II color monitor uses a different scan rate. Often
times people confuse the display capabilities of the computer with the
capability of the monitor. Specifically, no matter what monitor you hook
to an Amiga, it will still only be able to display 640 X 400 in interlace
(aka with flicker) and 640 X 200 without. [Note that numbers are about 
10% higher than that if you use overscan.] Or to put it another way,
one can't get Mac II resolution by using a Mac II monitor, you have to
change the internal display hardware.


--Chuck McManis
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