maltasr@athena.ecs.csus.edu (Robert Maltas) (05/04/91)
I just purchased 3 kits from DigiTek, Inc. to convert Commodore 1702 monitors into RGBI monitors. According to the manual: "When properly adjusted, this conversion will give you a display that is equivalent, and in some cases, better than the 1902A monitor." I'm wondering-----do RGBI monitors work with the Amiga? Do I need a specially wired cable to hook these monitors to my Amigas? Will I get all 4096 colors? After installing this RGBI Conversion System, it results in a a 9 pin cable with a male end, ready to plug into a Commodore 128 computer. Does anyone know the pinouts for this cable? Thanks. Robert Maltas maltasr@athena.ecs.csus.edu
johnhlee@CS.Cornell.EDU (John H. Lee) (05/08/91)
In article <1991May3.233725.2747@csusac.csus.edu> maltasr@athena.ecs.csus.edu (Robert Maltas) writes: >I'm wondering-----do RGBI monitors work with the Amiga? Do I need a >specially wired cable to hook these monitors to my Amigas? > >Will I get all 4096 colors? Unfortunately, no. TTL RGBI monitors give you one bit for each of red, green, and blue for a total of 8 hues and one bit of intensity for a total of 15 different colors (intensity has no effect on black--twice nothing is still nothing.) I believe the Amiga 23-pin video port can be wired for RGBI, but I'd rather run the monitor with the painful, eye-torturing, composite video than RGBI. Well, perhaps text might come out better on your converted 1702 in RGBI than composite. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DiskDoctor threatens the crew! Next time on AmigaDos: The Next Generation. John Lee Internet: johnhlee@cs.cornell.edu The above opinions of those of the user, and not of this machine.