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From: jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Multisync Monitors
Message-ID: <16499@gryphon.COM>
Date: 6 Jun 89 19:44:34 GMT
References: <525@bnr-fos.UUCP> <590001@hpspdra.HP.COM> <423@aucis.UUCP> <16343@gryphon.COM> <7042@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: jdow@gryphon.COM (J. Dow)
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In article <7042@cbmvax.UUCP> jss@cbmvax.UUCP (John Schilling - QA) writes:
>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 all the others look like out-of-date technology: Zenith ZCM-1490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
>-- 
>*******************************************************************************
>*  John Schilling	Assoc. Engineer, Quality Assurance Technical Support  *
>*  uucp: {ihnp4|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jss	Commodore Business Machines   *
>*=============================================================================*
>*                             "...I just do eyes..."                          *
>*******************************************************************************

Wrongo, again. I have a stock FTM with no multi-sync capability. The new ECS
has a so called productivity mode that gives 2 or fewer planes deinterlaced
640x400 (nominal.) There is a mode you can throw THAT into that is interlaced
to give a screen as big as 704x960 if you're that masochistic. It is 31.5kHz
sweep 30 pix per sec interlaced between two frames.

-- 
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.