lrf@dukempd.UUCP (01/29/87)
I've got two questions: Large screen monochrome monitors: I wish to drive several large screen monitors from a monochrome 1040. Has anyone tried to do this? I know the 71 Hz frame refresh requires special monitors. Brand names and model numbers of suitable monitors would be appreciated. Can someone at Atari comment on the monitor requirements for the new 1000X1000 bit screens (or is that just a rumor?). Slow text editors: I have now used two general purpose editors: 1st-word and a VAX look-alike. Both are abnormally slow to open and close large working files, taking similar times to floppy, hard disk, or ram disk. Abnormally slow means they take something like 5 to 10 times longer than a copy operation. What gives? -- Lloyd Fortney 1-919-684-8226 Duke University Dept. of Physics fortney%dukehep@dukempd.uucp Durham, N.C. 27706 mcnc!duke!dukempd!dukehep!fortney dlloyd@tucc.bitnet
grr@cbmvax.UUCP (01/31/87)
In article <306@dukempd.UUCP> lrf@dukempd.UUCP (Lloyd Fortney) writes: >I've got two questions: > >Large screen monochrome monitors: > I wish to drive several large screen monitors from a >monochrome 1040. Has anyone tried to do this? I know the 71 Hz >frame refresh requires special monitors. Brand names and model >numbers of suitable monitors would be appreciated. > Lloyd Fortney Duke University Physics mcnc!duke!dukempd!dukehep!fortney Large screen monitors with funny scan rates are almost always special order items. The companies that make the monitors have to select appropriate modules and set a component value or two to get the correct Horizontal and Vertical rates and also select TTL or ECL compatible video input. Two companies that come to mind are Dotronics and Moniterm. Moniterm (612) 941-8383 makes (or made) the monitors for the Sun-II workstations... -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)