CompuServe Messages

Bob, No, you can't hook the 1084S monitor to the 31 kHz port… unless you make a special cable and leave the switch in the 'disable' position. That would make it the same as the 15 kHz port, so there's no real point in it. The 1084 is strictly a 15.75 kHz monitor. As to the two RGB inputs, one is TTL RGB – used on clones for CGA display and (I think) some of the C-128 machines. You're limited to 16 colors, since the R,G & B are either full on or off… plus an 'intensity' bit. The Amiga uses the analog RGB mode to display all 4096 or more colors. The exact connection varies since there's half a dozen slightly different versions of the 1084. If you want to use the 31 kHz port, a standard clone type VGA monitor will work fine, so long as you don't go into one of the display modes that automaticaly disable the 3000's deinterlacer. (1280 x whatever). The best choice would be a multisync monitor like the Commodore 1960, but I don't think there are many available these days. I did notice some of the mailorder places selling some custom multiscans as a replacement for the 1960. The problem is that you want a monitor that goes down to 15.75 kHz if needed. Those are rare these days. Jim