Flicker Death?
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I've been using a Microway FlickerFixer for years. When I got a Toaster, I got
a DEB "Denise Extender Board" to place the FF on the lefthand-side of my A2000.
Lately, it's been flaking out. After it heats up, any mouse-down events or
hard disk events cause vertical lines to appear on the display. I've tried
tweaking the air capacitor and trim resistor, but to no avail. The air cap now
needs to be turned so far clockwise to get a stable image that the (Taxan 770+)
multisync can no longer sync on cold-boot – it gives a scrambled signal. The
trim resistor can't cause a stable image no matter what.
Can someone suggest a replacement, or does someone have a cheap, working FF
they'd like to sell?
Hi John,
i dont know if this will help but ICD sent me a closeout flyer..
Flicker free Video II 249.95
Flicker free video I 99.95
815 968-2228
also copperhead has used equip for sale on their bbs 518 346-7532
-mark-
Offhand, what's the difference between the FFV 1 and 2?
to be honest i havnt got a clue. The ffI are units that were
returned for upgrading to ffII..
give em a call.. 815 968-2228..
` sorry i couldnt be more help,
John,
Your best 'value' in a new flicker fixer might be to sell your 2000 and
pick up a 3000… <just a thought>
I've thought about it. I've only got the Toaster, an Ethernet card
and the GVP 040/33 in this A2000 system. If the 4000 was fast
enough, I'd use it in a minute, but it ain't so I don't. We actually
use the A4000 here in the office as a disk duping machine. What a
waste, I know. The difference between the 040 and 030 shaves a lot
of time from a complete re-make of all our software. Maybe I should
switch from Manx to SAS and save even more time. I wanted to switch
a few months back, but I couldn't figure out their blessed 'make'
program and the compiler options, but I think the newest release has
some more Unix-like, Manx-like command options.
I think you can still get the CBM board. I have one in my other Amiga,
and it works OK. I don't like it quite as much as the FlickerFixer in
this one, though. My FF started to give me some trouble some time ago
too, but fortunately it recovered all by itself.
//
-Karl \X/ Amiga and Autopilot: The *only* way to fly!
You can buy a Commodore A2023 anti-flicker card new for around $125 at
most of the mail order shops like Safe Harbor. I have one on my A2000 and
it works extremely well. It goes in the video slot, so if you've already
got that in use, this board is no good for you. If you *can* use it, it
has more features than the old Microway board (e.g., a defeat
switch/pass-through feature so you can still use ordinary 23-pin output
and genlocks; and scan doubling on even non-interlaced screens, making
them look nicer still). Plus the A2023 provides a rock-steady display. One
of C='s better contraptions; it's identical to the on-board flicker fixer
circuitry in the A3000, supposedly.
— Ron Legro from Milwaukee via AUTOPILOT
(The only way to fly)
Ron,
do you mean the A2320? I haven't heard of an A2023.
Brian
bjbart@watserv.ucr.edu
As I explained, though, I've got a Toaster in the video slot, and the
FlickerFixer in a DEB extender. I have no idea if the DEB board could support
any other company's card.