#Amiga – VGA monitor
09-Jul-91 03:53:34
Sb: #11543-#Amiga – VGA monitor
Fm: Rick Cross 75770,216
To: Michael Gerard 75505,1757
Get a multisync. I believe you need it for the Flicker Fixer to work, and
for the new modes of the ECS.
But all this aside, there's little price difference anyway. Our standard
monitor (I manage/own a computer store) is an Aamazing SVGA multisync, 14",
tilt swivel stand, .28 mm dot pitch (the amount of space between the dots
of phosphor) and handles analog video up to 1024×768. This is an
interlaced monitor. We sell a bunch of them, and they're $375.
Within a couple of months, we'll have them for $15 more, but they'll be
non-interlaced using the new Toshiba CRT.
FYI, I was shocked today at the way some of the Amiga dealers are gouging
Amiga users. I just repaired an A2000 where the user had plugged in the
power connector offset by one pin. He blew one of the IC's and his DF0:.
The drive itself is a Chinon FB-354. I called one of the two local Amiga
Dealers (the better one of the two) for pricing on a new FB-354 and he
quoted $110! We sell Chinon drives in all our systems, and our selling
price is $69! The only difference between our IBM 720K Chinon drives and
Commodore's is that the FB-354 is an old model and is 50% taller.
I figure they are either gouging, or maybe Commodore is… they buy their
drives from CBM. We buy ours direct from Chinon. (I've got a case of
FB-354's on their way).