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- From: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: HELP! IS THE AMIGA 1200 BULLSH*T OR WHAT?
- Message-ID: <10355@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 15:43:12 GMT
- References: <pati.724700639@milton>
- Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany)
- Organization: Commodore Germany
- Lines: 38
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- In article <pati.724700639@milton> pati@milton.u.washington.edu (Pati Irish) writes:
- >
- >1- Can you use a 1084 to display AGA, and if so in AGA mode on a 1084 does it
- >flicker terribly?
-
- Yes and no. AA gives you more colors in any of the old resolutions. This is
- definitely displayable on a 1084. Also HAM8 in such resolutions is no
- problem. Only those other modes that require a multisynch are not useable
- on a 1084, like DblPAL, etc.
-
- >2- Can you add a alternative 2.5 than those that are offered in the 1200 HD
- >package, i mean i heard if you buy a 2.5 drive and add it yourself it gives you
- >major problems.. true?
-
- It's still under investigation which drives work and which are causing
- problems. I can already assure you that there are more than two that are
- ok :-). Hopefully we'll see an official compatibility list one day. But
- this is no easy thing as I heard: Testing is difficult (for which flaw
- do you have to search), and the behaviour is very dependant on the
- revision of the firmware onboard of the drive, and these are changing
- in daily cycles. Not easy to follow. *If* there is such a list, it *must*
- be reliable, and this is very difficult to guarantee under such circustances.
-
- >3- I heard the audio output level is so high it wont work on alternative sources
- >or is terribly distored can you plug it up to a stereo aux and does it sound ok?
-
- I heard about a fix that's now applied, but sorry, nothing precise.
-
- >4- So I guess thats it, whats every ones opinion should i sell my curent setup
- >and get a 1200? SOME PLEASE ANSWER THESE! Thanks..
-
- I recommend the A1200. It's the cutest machine I saw since the A500 in
- this price range.
-
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- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions...
- Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
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