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- From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A1200 Doubts...
- Message-ID: <37182@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 20:32:48 GMT
- References: <56991@olivea.atc.olivetti.com> <hanscs.56.722160913@dhhalden.no>
- Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
- Lines: 36
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- In article <hanscs.56.722160913@dhhalden.no> hanscs@dhhalden.no (HANS CHRISTIAN SANDER) writes:
- > In article <56991@olivea.atc.olivetti.com> borzieri@cavour.ICO.olivetti.com (Ivan Borzieri) writes:
- > >From: borzieri@cavour.ICO.olivetti.com (Ivan Borzieri)
- > >Subject: A1200 Doubts...
- > >Date: 18 Nov 92 08:39:24 GMT
- > >Hi,
- > >
- > >I'm planning to sell all my existing hw to get a brand new Amiga 1200, but I
- > >have some doubts :) :
- > >
- > > - Is it true that if I get a MultiSync Monitor
- > > (scanning down to 15 Khz) I can display ALL the
- > > modes the a1200 is capable of ?
- >
- > Yes.
- >
- >
- > > In which modes I STILL get flickering ?
- >
- > In the Interlaced modes.
- >
- > >
- > > - A friend of mine told me IDE HD used in A1200
- > > are somewhat different from the ones used in PCs.
- > > Is that true ?
- >
- > No it is not true.
-
- Yes is is true. PC IDE drives are generally 3.5 inch drives. They don't
- fit in the case and the connector cable has a different pin spacing. The
- IDE drive is however of the same type (2.5 inch) as used in laptop PC's.
-
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