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#TTL MONOCHROME

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#36003From: Mark SterlingFeb 23, 1989 3:55 PM
I was wondering….is there any reasonable way to connect a TTL monochrome monitor to the Amiga? They generally have a long persistance and would be an inexpensive alternative to a FlickerFixer and a 31.5 mHz or autosynch type color monitor. I use interlace for DTP and $1000 is pretty steep for getting rid of flicker. Does the Amiga only make digital RGB, analog RGB and composite outputs? I know that long persistance color monitors exist but they are also big bucks and would be less than optimum for animations etc. I have a TTL monochrome just sitting around.
#36018From: Matt MatoskyFeb 23, 1989 6:35 PM
Unfortunately your about a year behind. I had seen an ad in Amazing Computing a while ago regarding an adapter that will do just what you are talking about. It was just a box that enabled you to connect the Amiga to a TTL monitor without the flicker. Although it had a drawback, the typical TTL monitor only has 350 dots vertically, and I think the screen would only should 350 or the Amiga's 400 vertical dots (I think). When I called the company, they said they only made a few of these (1 run of production) and were not making any more. I also asked him about the 350/400 dot thing and he really didn't have an answer (he wasn't sure either). The box only sold for $100 so it was pretty cheap to get good screen resolution without interlace flicker. The company was: Hypertek/Silicon Springs 120-1140 Austin Avenue Coquitlam, B.C., Canada V3K 3P5 Telephone (604) 939-8235 If you do call them, let me know what they say. I talked to them last summer, so maybe they have changed their minds or are working on a new product.