Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) (02/17/90)
Hello folks,
FIRST, THE BACKGROUND:
A few days ago, line noise so froze up my modem that I decided to
power the modem off and power it back on. Upon powering it back up, my
SM 124 monochrome monitor suddenly gyrated, displaying the screen in
two halved parts. A few seconds later, everything went black. No, it
was not from my passing out! I powered the ST down and rebooted, using
my RGB monitor. The computer ran fine and the RGB looked great. The
monochrome is STILL dead.
I have no idea how switching modem off and then back on caused my
monochrome monitor to die but, at any rate, I don't have monochrome. And
nope, there are no other STers within 250 miles of me so that I can test
the monitor on their equipment. I assume the monitor is dead and not something
on the computer. But I don't know. If anyone with some documentation (what
is documentation on an ST???) can come up with a clue, please let me know!!!
To end the background to this, I run Dave Small's wonder Spectre GCR!
NOW, THE REST OF THE STORY:
With fear and trembling, I decided to use the SC1224 with the Spectre.
Well, Dave (bless him!) has an explanation with suggestions on setting
the pallette with optimum color combination so that the display is
readable. However his explanation does not fit my Control Panel settings
too well. But he does tell us that if you use two shades of grey that
the display might look pretty good.
So, that is what I did. Using the Atari Control Panel, I fooled around
with the colors and I managed to get an acceptable display. SERIOUSLY!
Just leave the white and black squares alone. Change the remaining two
squares to two shades of grey with the values 333 for one of the squares
and 444 for the other. It does work. In fact, I'm typing this
using Red Ryder while viewing with my SC1224.
A final note and most important. You almost GOTTA have four megs
to do this right. I am running MultiFinder with 900k setup in the system
heap to insure that MultiFinder runs perfectly. The cursor key is just
too slow without MultiFinder!!!! To get the cursor key to move at a useable
rate, you have to use MultiFinder.
CONCLUSION:
Well, we STers are a hardy lot, making do with what we can muster. I've
no documentation for my ST, none is available except for the $250.00
developer's kit. I have no idea if my monochrome monitor is dead or not
since no other STs are in my region, and, thanks to Dave giving at least
some support to the RGB monitor, I still have a workable, albeit fuzzy,
Mac display.
If any ST techies out there feel that the problem is not the monitor,
please let me know!!! THANKS
Larry Rymal: |East Texas Atari 68NNNers| <Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET>