| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
I've been seeing some real tempting ads for cheap pc clones, some
without a monitor or with a monochome one. Anybody know if the
Amiga 1080 monitor's digital RGB is compatible with a pc CGA or
EGA board? All that came with the monitor was instructions on
how to hook it up to the amiga, no technical info.
I'm tempted to make a poor man's Sidecar by using a null modem cable
to a clone & some file transfer software.
-dave
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| 300.1 | Definite could be.. | LEDS::ACCIARDI | Thu Feb 05 1987 15:25 | 8 | |
I sold my 1080 monitor to Computerland some time ago. They claimed
that the Amiga monitor made a wonderful RGB digital for IBM's.
Since the 1080 supports 640 x 400 dot resolution, I see no reason
why it shouldn't support 640 x 350 nicely.
Actually, I think the resolution rationg of the monitor refers to
the number of dots or slits in the shadow mask. My Sony is spec'ed
at 640 x 200, but works just fine with the Amiga's 640 x 400 output.
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| 300.2 | Well, yes and no. | VIDEO::LANDAU | Wed Feb 11 1987 14:11 | 10 | |
Observation based solely on reading the specs, and not on any direct experience in the matter: the Amiga and Sony monitors handle 640x400 only in INTERLACED mode, and that IBM's EGA output is 640x350 NON-INTERLACED. I doubt that the combination works. CGA, on the other hand, is 640x200 non-interlaced, and therefore is likely to work, if you can make a cable. rick | |||||