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From: easton@aucis.UUCP (Jeff Easton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Multisync Monitors
Summary: Call for ECS info...
Message-ID: <428@aucis.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jun 89 01:59:21 GMT
Organization: Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI
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gryphon.COM (J. Dow) writes:
cbmvax.UUCP (John Schilling - QA) writes:
gryphon.COM (J. Dow) writes:
aucis.UUCP (Jeff Easton) writes:
 
[ Tons of stuff about the ZCM1490 purporting to be multiscanning deleted ]
 
> >>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!)
 
> >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
 
I'm not sure exactly who is saying the above.  I missed the original
posting due to the system administrator blowing away my user directory...
 
The ZCM-1490 is the *original* and *only* FTM Zenith currently has.
Yes, it is 'stuck' at 31.5 kHz.  No, it does not multiscan...
 
> >*******************************************************************************
> >*  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
 
>       jdow on bix (where else?)       Sometimes the dragon wins. Sometimes
gryphon.CTS.COM            the knight. Does the fair maiden ever
>       {backbone}!gryphon!jdow         win? Surely both the knight and dragon
 
I guess my original followup posting to jdow never made it out on the net
so I will repeat my question.
Could any of you that have the Enhanced Chip Set already please post
a summary of its capabilities?  I'm looking for a table of different
modes possible, i.e. screen size vs. number of bitplanes vs. scan rate.
I'm not going to go out and blindly buy the upgrade without knowing
what it does.  Informed buyers are smart buyers :> .
 
Jeff Easton
Zenith Data Systems	UUCP: !mailrus!sharkey!aucis!easton