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From: jss@cbmvax.UUCP ( QA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Multisync Monitors
Message-ID: <7042@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jun 89 15:03:12 GMT
References: <525@bnr-fos.UUCP> <590001@hpspdra.HP.COM> <423@aucis.UUCP> <16343@gryphon.COM>
Reply-To: jss@cbmvax.UUCP (John Schilling - QA)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <16343@gryphon.COM> jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow) writes:
>In article <423@aucis.UUCP> easton@aucis.UUCP (Jeff Easton) writes:
>>In article <590001@hpspdra.HP.COM>, mikef@hpspdra.HP.COM (Mike Fischer) writes:
>>> You didn't mention the multisync monitor that I have seen that makes
>>> all the others look like out-of-date technology: Zenith ZCM-1490
>>> flat screen 14 inch.  The only area in which it didn't beat all others
>>
>>The reason it wasnt mentioned as a multisync is because it isnt a
>>multisync monitor.  The ZCM-1490 is a fixed frequency monitor that 
>>scans at 31.5 kHz, standard frequency for VGA.  The only way to
>>connect a '1490 to an Amiga is with the flicker fixer board and
>>an adaptor cable (9 pin to 15 pin).  I personally dont have this 
>>setup but have heard from people that do and they have nothing but
>>good things to say about it.
>>
>Wrongo. I have run my ZCM-1490 directly coupled to my Amiga with the ECS 
>installed. In fact there is a strange interlaced mode that will give you
>680x900+ lines on such a hookup. (AMAX also uses this for one of its 
>Mac emulation screen modes!)
>
>
>>> Mike Fischer		mikef%hpspdra@hplabs.hp.com
>>
>>Jeff Easton
>>Zenith Data Systems	UUCP: !mailrus!sharkey!aucis!easton
>
>
>-- 
>Sometimes a bird in the hand leaves a sticky deposit.
>Perhaps it were best it remain there in the bush with the other one.
>
>{@_@}
>	jdow on bix (where else?)	Sometimes the dragon wins. Sometimes
>	jdow@gryphon.CTS.COM		the knight. Does the fair maiden ever
>	{backbone}!gryphon!jdow		win? Surely both the knight and dragon
>					stink. Maybe the maiden should suicide?
>					Better yet - she should get an Amiga and
>					quit playing with dragons and knights.

CORRECT THE 1490 IS THE NEW VERSION OF THE ZENITH FTM MONITOR.  I FIRST
SAW THIS BEAST AT CEBIT--THE ORGINAL BEAST WAS STUCK AT 31.5.

SAW IT AT CEBIT--IT WAS THE ORIGINAL ZENITH FTM MONITOR THE
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