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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Monitor 1080 and VGA
Message-ID: <1305@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jan 90 14:43:33 GMT
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givler@cbmvax.commodore.com (Greg Givler - PA) writes:



>The 1080 is NOT a VGA compatible monitor. It is Only CGA. The Analog is for
>the Amiga.

A better explanation is that VGA (which is analog) will not work on a 1080
monitor because VGA uses a different scanning frequency. The 1080 is
(I think) 15Khz while VGA uses something like 31Khz.


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