From: mario@mbunix.adsp.sub.org (Mario Bayer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: Trivial questions about A2024(And info)
Date: 14 Aug 92 20:07:38 GMT
Organization: PS -> POWERSystems

pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted) writes:
> I am interested in (maybe) buying the A2024 monitor, but as I
> only know a few things about it, that might be the reason... It is
> not easy to buy it in Denmark. The following is what I know, or
> think I know:

Why is it hard to buy this monitor in denmark...

> The A2024 is a black and white monitor, that is quite cheap. It is
> rather old; I do not know for what purpose it was originally made.
> It gives you four shades of grey, no more, no less. You can use
> the standard amiga resolutions (320x256, 640x512, etc.), and it
> is interlace when the resolution is interlace(of course, the colours

NO... the A2024 is like a flicker-fixer... *all* Amiga Modes are flicker-
fixed...

> are mapped to the 4 gray levels, giving sometimes catastrophic results).
> The monitor is a long persistence(?) monitor, making animations
>  "draw traces", but on the other hand reducing flicker in, say, interlace.

It`s not sooo bad (by animations and so on)...

>    The interesting part is, that you get an additional resolution of
> 1008 x 1024, in up to four shades of gray, and with _no_ interlace

This is right... but it`s 1024x1024...

> flicker. These resolutions draw hard on your amiga, and therefore
> there are two modes, 15kHz and 30kHz. What kind of flicker is introduced
> in the 15kHz mode, I know not.

Nonsense... both modes are flicker-free... but in the first mode there are
6 pictures the Amiga draw per sec. (less CPU time)... & in the second mode
he draws 4 pictures per sec. (cost`s more CPU time)... you can belive me...

But on the A3000UXD I don`t realize any CPU comping from both modes...

> This is what I know, and believe to be true. Now the question: I have
> got the impression, that you need no additional hardware to use
> the 1000x1024 mode under 2.0 with, say, and A500+ ? Is this true,

No... you must only choose the A2024 Mode...

> or do I need some kind of de-interlacer? What are the monitors dimensions,

No... you don`t need any kind of de-interlacer... & the monitor is 15"...

> (14", 16", what?), and are there any other drawbacks/advantages, than
> the ones mentioned here? Are the pixels in any way viewable, or
> is it like 1400x512 on PAL(Superhires), where you _really_ go beyond
> the resolution of the display?

No... you have a good & sharp picture (after you turn some scews :-))...

> Finally, if I get any useful/interesting replies on this, what do I do
> with the information? It seems such a waste, that I might here find
> out a lot of the things, people that've heard of the A2024 would like
> to know, and after a couple of weeks, the informations are lost again.
> There oughta be some way to "archive" the net information(a la FAQ sheets),
> where people could search and retrieve info.

...

> Have a nice day.

I have... :-)

> --
>       Jakob Gaardsted   .    .  | Black Rainbow(TM)     .         .      .
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> University of Aarhus, Jylland(!)|   .            .      . Cordless Life  .  .
>  .  pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk   .    |          .    .    .     Pointless Mouse .


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