bk0h+@andrew.cmu.edu (Brett Kuehner) (05/29/88)
Well, my monitor and Amiga finally arrived, and, after a call to
Princeton Graphics for a cable wiring description, I wired one up. It works
great.
All the modes (HAM, hires, interlace) look better than on a 1080, and the only
program that I have that does overscan (Photon Paint) works fine in overscan
mode. On the back of the monitor the is a button which shrinks the picture
size so that overscan fits. (There are also controls for vertical and
horizontal size, but this is easier) Flicker in interlace screens is still
quite noticeable, but better than a 1080.
The biggest pain involved in setting things up was finding a DB-23
connector. I finally bought a plastic DB-25 and hacked two pins off.
The A2000 manual is one of the best 'default' (shipped with the
computer) manuals I have seen. They actually give you pinouts of all the
connectors and custom chips, and the schematics are the most amusing
I've seen (They are also useful. But it's good to know that someone at
Commodore has a sense of humor.)
If anyone has questions about the Ultrasync/A2000 combo, I'll be glad to
answer them.
Brett
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