[comp.sys.amiga.hardware] question on monitors for the amiga

cm@cci632.UUCP (Carl Mercer) (08/01/90)

I have a question that I hope someone can answer for me.  I own a
Sun 386i with a 14' color monitor.  I want to get an Amiga and was 
wondering if it is possible to hook up the Sun monitor (I think it's a Sony)
to the Amiga.  I talked to an Amiga dealer in my area and he said I need
to find out what speed the sun monitor can be dirven at since the
Amiga drives monitors at 15.75 Khz.  has anyone ever tried something like
this?  Is there other problems I need to worry about?  I would welcome
any information.


					Carl Mercer
					..!rochester!cci632!cm

lshaw@walt.cc.utexas.edu (logan shaw) (08/08/90)

In article <38966@cci632.UUCP> cm@cci632.UUCP (Carl Mercer) writes:
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>I have a question that I hope someone can answer for me.  I own a
>Sun 386i with a 14' color monitor.  I want to get an Amiga and was 
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Fourteen FEET?  I knew they made some pretty big monitors, but not
THAT big.   :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)

(Yeah, I know.  It was just a simple slip of the shift key.)

>wondering if it is possible to hook up the Sun monitor (I think it's a Sony)
>to the Amiga.  I talked to an Amiga dealer in my area and he said I need
>to find out what speed the sun monitor can be dirven at since the
>Amiga drives monitors at 15.75 Khz.  has anyone ever tried something like
>this?  Is there other problems I need to worry about?  I would welcome
>any information.

If it doesn't work with the standard video output, you could always
try it with a flickerfixer.  

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>					Carl Mercer
>					..!rochester!cci632!cm


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roadman@portia.Stanford.EDU (arthur walker) (08/08/90)

The 14" monitor for the 386i scans at 48 khz.

It won't work with the amiga, even with a flickerfixer.

It should work with one of the newest non-interlaced "SUPER VGA"
1024 x 768 cards for the AT bus.

art walker
roadman@portia.stanford.edu

lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (08/09/90)

In <38966@cci632.UUCP>, cm@cci632.UUCP (Carl Mercer) writes:
>I have a question that I hope someone can answer for me.  I own a
>Sun 386i with a 14' color monitor.  I want to get an Amiga and was 
>wondering if it is possible to hook up the Sun monitor (I think it's a Sony)
>to the Amiga.  I talked to an Amiga dealer in my area and he said I need
>to find out what speed the sun monitor can be dirven at since the
>Amiga drives monitors at 15.75 Khz.  has anyone ever tried something like
>this?  Is there other problems I need to worry about?  I would welcome
>any information.

Don't think you can do it. The Sun monitors have a vertical rate of 66 Hz, and
a horizontal rate of around 51 KHz.

-larry

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gilgalad@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) (08/09/90)

In article <38966@cci632.UUCP> cm@cci632.UUCP (Carl Mercer) writes:
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>I have a question that I hope someone can answer for me.  I own a
>Sun 386i with a 14' color monitor.  I want to get an Amiga and was 
Cool.  You have a 14 foot monitor?  That must have cost you a pretty
penny  8-)  Don't mind me.  Just being a smart-ass.

>wondering if it is possible to hook up the Sun monitor (I think it's a Sony)
>to the Amiga.  I talked to an Amiga dealer in my area and he said I need
>to find out what speed the sun monitor can be dirven at since the
>Amiga drives monitors at 15.75 Khz.  has anyone ever tried something like
>this?  Is there other problems I need to worry about?  I would welcome
>any information.
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>					Carl Mercer
>					..!rochester!cci632!cm

You're question brings to mind a few that I have.  I am interested in hooking
up some 1280x800 mono monitors to my machine (2500/30).  One is the Amdek
1280  and the other is the Xerox 2-page display.

			Thanks, Ralph Seguin

 
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