#Busted Buster
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"Probably 90% of A4000s will ever have a Zorro-III DMA card in them."
You _must_ be kidding. Looking at A2000 DMA usage from 1987 to the
present, I sense that you're way off the mark. I think its safe to
say that any A4000 user would be crazy not to take advantage of the
falling prices on 24bit gfx accelerators; If not now, then certainly
when full RTG is a reality.
Actually, the a4000 comes with very nice gfx. In most cases, there is
no need at all for a "graphics accellerator".
To the extent that there is a need for a "graphics accellerator" I
sure as heck can't afford it and the monitor to match. Though I
really do wish I could afford a 19" color monitor with a card to
drive it to 1200×1000…
Here here!
Count me in too, working in the 13" world is different
isn't it. What we need is a nice 19" monitor for around
$500 🙂
At our office we have hugh 25"++ Mitubishi monitors that weigh
in at over 275 pds (whew!). I don't even want to see the
price tag. It probably cost as much as my Explorer.
Shawn
Silent Paw Productions
I think Mag Innovision 19 inch are about $800 these days.
When I look at large color displays for lots of bucks, two things come
quickly to mind: does it generate enough radiation to give me a good tan
and is it a good investment.
I have trouble paying hundreds of dollars for something cheap — if I'm
going to spend $800, I might as well spend a few hundred more for one with
high quality, etc.
That said, do you have a Mag monitor? If so, do you like it?
I'm looking hard at PC monitors. My power cord fell out of my hand just
as the elevator door closed, and the 1960 I used to have attached to my PC
is no more. I stole a 1950 from an Amiga for temporary use. I don't have
money to spare for a monitor, but I also have trouble justifying spending
$300 for a monitor I'm going to want to throw away — I might as well get
a real monitor.
— Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing
— INTERNET:dale@iam.com
I just ordered a newly factory refurbished 20" Mitsubishi DiamondScan for
$600. I'll let you know how it works out. It syncs down to 15kHZ and has
max resolution of 1024 x 768.
Where did you order the Mitsubishi from? Sounds like a great deal.
Michael,
I posted some info on The Video Works, tel# 510-838-1031 a little
while ago. Maybe that's where John got his. In addition to the 20"
monitors at $600, they also carry 17" Mitsubishis at $400. They
probably aren't the best monitors available today, but they certainly
are an outstanding deal at the price. They have a full year warranty
and they'll ship anywhere.
The 20" monitor I got from them is pretty nice. Most of their units have
the digital controls. I got one with analog controls because it was the
only SP monitor available at the time and I wanted to use my X-Specs with
it. Since I live fairly close by, they were very nice in helping me tweak
the colors and the borders.
-Richard
Richard,
Thanks for sharing the information with us!
Yes Richard,
I got my info from you. I am using the 20" (actually 19") now. Thanks
for the tip! Pretty nice, heh. They told me they did not have a 17", but
had a 16", however they said it did not sync down to 15kHz.
Can you give me any pointers on how they tweeked the colors and borders?
Mine has the digital adjustments. It seems I have to retweek after it
switches sync mode and then I go back to the original mode.
Thanks.
You got it already. That was pretty quick.
It seems they have different models available at different times. When I
first saw these guys they had 16" monitors that synched down to 15khz.
Fortunately, I live close enough to their shop that I could bring the
monitor in and watch them tweak it. I redid it home. If you remove the
case, there are various adjustment pots that are fairly well labelled (use
a plastic screwdriver). Steve is pretty helpful. He might send or fax you
a diagram with details. My model is probably laid out a little different
than yours. The one you got is a little nicer than mine but I had to get
the standard persistence phosphors since I'm addicted to stereo graphics
and the lp phosphors interfere with that.
-Richard
Yes, I have a Mag on my PC. It's very crisp, better than aNanao, I think,
which are about $100+ more than the Mag. Gateway is shipping private-labelled
Mags with their high-end systems. I got mine from Liuski's, mail order. The
only thing that bugs me is that "17 inches" doesn't really mean 17 inches
diagonal. The exposed area on this is about 16 inches diagonal, and depending
on the video mode, you can get out that far, but 1024×800 requires pulling in
the sides a bit or I get some tearing.