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#monitor&PCMCIA help

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#125521From: Franz RasperDec 19, 1993 3:07 AM
Who can recommend a good 15" MPRII multiscan or VGA-multiscan for the Amiga 1200. Does anybody know if the EIZO F 340 i works well with the Amiga 1200 ? How much costs an PCMCIA SRAM card(1 MB or 2 MB) for the Amiga1200 in the US? Thanks in advance. -Franz
#125575From: Brian CowanDec 19, 1993 5:03 PM
Franz, Avoid PCMCIA RAM expansion if you can help it. It's often SLOWER THAN CHIP RAM. Get something like the Microbotics 1200z RAM/Clock/FPU card. It costs less with 4MB and a good 68882, than any 2MB PCMCIA memory card I've seen. The only problem with using a VGA monitor with the 1200 is that the "guru" screens are 15KHz (Horizontal Freq.) screens, and VGA Monitors can't scan that low. Brian Brian
#125655From: Franz RasperDec 20, 1993 11:48 AM
Hallo Brian, I wanted buying a SRAM card(1 MB) because I will buy an internal turbo board (68040, if they are available for the Amiga 1200) and I did not want to sell the other internal expansion. In Germany a 4MB PS-Ram card costs 400.00 DM, an internal menory expansion with clock and 4 MB and optional FPU (33 Mhz 68882 170.00 DM) 428.00 DM. I thought that the PCMCIA memory cards are really much cheaper in the US than in Germany, but it seems that it is not true. Now I will buy the internal one. I know that VGA-multiscan monitors are not able to work with 15 KHz hori- zontal freq. screens, but the AGA-chips can double the horizontal frequ- ency and the frequency is a little bit under 30 KHz (e.g. 29.5 KHz). Some VGA-multiscan monitors did not work, other works with the 29.5 KHz. Normally VGA-multiscan monitors are cheaper then real multiscan monitors. Thanks for your answer. Franz 🙂