KHALID%PO8600@dupont.com (08/11/89)
Some time ago (in SIGGRAPH, I believe) I saw a very high resolution monitor labelled as A2024. It had a screen size of 800 by 1000 (or something), beautiful non interlaced screen (black on white). Do any of you know, how to get hold of that monitor? Is it being marketed by Comm. or some third party... Soofi
higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom) (08/15/89)
In article <21458@louie.udel.EDU> KHALID%PO8600@dupont.com writes:
$Some time ago (in SIGGRAPH, I believe) I saw a very high resolution monitor
$labelled as A2024. It had a screen size of 800 by 1000 (or something),
$beautiful non interlaced screen (black on white). Do any of you know,
$how to get hold of that monitor? Is it being marketed by Comm. or some
$third party...
$Soofi
This is a Commodore product.
A2024: 15" (I think) 1008x800 resolution 2 bit plane gray scale. Also
acts as a flickerFixer for normal 640x400 displays. The circuitry is
inside the monitor, and therefore it will work with all Amigas. I
would recommend 1Mb of chip RAM.
We have not announced a release date for this product, but it should
be available soon.
Moniterm already sells a 19" version with the same specs, which uses a
card that plugs into the A2000 series' video slot and is therefore not
compatible with A500 or A1000. I believe the Sugg. List is $1995
for this product. Their # is (612)935-4151.
Personal opinion: While the Amiga's color is great, many applications
are fine in monochrome, such as a lot of desktop publishing, and these
monitors are GREAT for it. A number of programs including Excellence,
Professional Page, and Professional Draw can open screens in 1008x800
mode. Since even the Workbench can run in 1008x800, programs like
WordPerfect allow you to see about 100 lines of text at one time.
I also use it for TeX, and this amount of screen real estate allows for
the previewer, edit window, and TeX program window to all be tiled on the
screen.
Paul.guineau@wjg.dec.com (08/15/89)
Paul, what will happen with this resolution on standard MultiSync monitors? Is this an A2024 only mode? John
higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom) (08/15/89)
In article <4063@shlump.nac.dec.com> guineau@wjg.dec.com writes:
$Paul, what will happen with this resolution on standard MultiSync monitors?
$Is this an A2024 only mode?
A personalized usenet message! I'm touched. :-)
The 1008x800 resolution is possible through a combination of special
software and hardware only. It will only work on the A2024 and the
Moniterm Viking-1.
Paul.limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) (08/16/89)
How much RAM chip contention does such a setup create? If I was going
to buy this monitor, and I don't have any FastRam installed, should I
seriously consider buying some?
-Tom
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