andrew@kean.mun.ca (08/11/89)
Hmm. A couple of questions. One thing that I could never figure out was why the Amiga 2080 was never promoted. Ficker free? You bet! So I bought one. Silly me. It turns out that there is a "small" technical difficulty with the box... it runs as hot as the devil, and after a critical temperature, I loose the ability to interlace. Somewhat silly, Hmm? A flicker free monitor that can't be used in interlace. My local dealer has said that as soon as Commodore finds out how to economically fix this, they will... free of charge. BUT I WANT IT NOW!!!!!! I _did_ pay $700 for the damn thing. So, questions. 1) what is the progress on the fix? and 2) why not simply stick a small brushless _quiet_ fan on one of the grills? I'm told that this is a purely heat reated problem, and can't even be reproduced without the cover on. I suppose I _could_ buy a fan myself, but something tells me that I should be getting one for free. Pleas reply by email as I am around 800 messages behind in .amiga & .amiga.tech. Thanks, -Andrew. <andrew@kean.mun.ca>
cpeter@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Peter Cockcroft) (08/12/89)
No flicker on the 2080 monitor? I don't know anything about the CBM 2080 monitor, but I would assume that it uses high-persistence phosphors to reduce (practically) eliminate flicker when in interlace mode. High persistence phosphors have the drawback of leaving ghosts behind moving images, but I personally think that the lack of flicker is worth it. Which brings me to my question: I am planning on buying a multisync monitor, in anticipation of ECS and other future display enhancements. While researching the multisyncs available I found reference to some models called the Electrohome ECM 1310, 1311, 1312. These models were rated as excellent multisync monitors the differences between them being: 1310 : regular phosphors, etched screen (to reduce glare) 1311 : high-persist phosphors, no etching on screen 1312 : high-persist phosphors, etched screen To the best of my recollection they were all list priced the same: about $1100. Since multisync monitors are heavily discounted, it is quite possible that these might be selling in the same price range as other high-quality multis such as NEC 3D, and SONY 130x models. I have looked EVERYWHERE (well, at every ad in Computer Shopper magazine anyway) and I cant find these monitors. I cant remember where I saw them mentioned in the reviews but I do remember they were from a Canadian company (I'll try and find the name). If anyone has any information on these Electrohome monitors (i.e. where I can buy one, are they any good, etc) I would appreciate it greatly. In addition, I am curious what people think of high-persistance phosphors. Does anyone out there have a high-persist monitor with their amiga? Hows it look? Replies can be emailed and I will post a summary-- or post your replies and save me the trouble :). Peter Cockcroft cpeter@cory.Berkeley.edu (sorry, I dont know how to get here from there, try going through ucbvax.Berkeley.edu, that's a big gateway around here)