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73635
Hi all, Apologies to those who have tried to download our release and couldn't gain access to the page but we've had to close guest viewing due to bombardments...
DaZ Kenney
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Mar 1, 2007
10:23 pm
73636
Hi Issue 48 of the CRYPTmag - The Birdmen of Hirta is now out! After much beavering away at the keyboard, we once again bring you a packed edition of the...
Steve Evans
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Mar 4, 2007
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73637
Thanks to everyone who has helped me on this thread. I now have an A1200 with, I am told, HD, extra Ram, external floppy and CD rom drive. A casual converstion...
dclark52001
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Mar 5, 2007
10:56 am
73638
... Amigakit is one of the best places to buy your gear from, an RF cable is just £1.80 + p&p ...
Steve Evans
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Mar 5, 2007
2:05 pm
73639
Thanks but for a 1200 to Philips monitor don't I need a cable with a large female D plug at one end and a small male D plug at the other? ... ...
dclark52001
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Mar 5, 2007
3:30 pm
73640
Hi You mean one of these... http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/wires/a186_pow06.jpg That would be correct. I think what Steve was trying to point out...
a4000
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Mar 5, 2007
7:11 pm
73641
That's what i was thinking of. The large female D looks to a standard size and I have the small d that fits the monitor but on the wrong cable it was connected...
dclark52001
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Mar 5, 2007
8:08 pm
73642
... You'd use RF between an Amiga and a television set with a tuner, not between an Amiga and a video monitor....
Sir Tim Seifert
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Mar 6, 2007
12:18 am
73643
... Going from memory, those Philips monitors had the same pinout as the Commodore 1084s, but I might be wrong. If so I could easily give you a cable if you...
Sir Tim Seifert
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Mar 6, 2007
12:36 am
73644
Hi and thanks I think that you are right about the 1084 and 8833 having the same connections. I still haven't located a cable but as the A1200 turned up...
dclark52001
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Mar 7, 2007
6:00 am
73645
Hi Derek, Re: [afb] Re: New Member & Deluxe Paint question The silver dong can be used for pc monitors and Amiga 1942 & 1940 monitors for the A4000 & A1200...
Rodger A Headifen
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Mar 7, 2007
6:24 am
73646
Thanks for that So if I find the silver dong thingy and pick up a pc monitor I can use a standard cable? I only took a pc monitor to the recycle a few weeks...
dclark52001
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Mar 7, 2007
2:59 pm
73647
... not necessarily as most pc monitors dont scan low enough to pick up an amiga frequency. My microvitec monitor did but that died years ago (17"). Havent...
trott3r
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Mar 7, 2007
3:12 pm
73648
I've just found that out. The monitor said single out of range, so I'm back to looking for a cable for the Phillips CM8833-11. There has got to be one...
dclark52001
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Mar 7, 2007
5:44 pm
73649
Hello dclark52001 ... The A1200 can drive a standard 31khz PC monitor with the Multiscan Productivity screenmode. If you could hook a TV up to the 1200 you...
Colin Booth
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Mar 8, 2007
6:37 am
73650
Hi I repeat what I said earlier... Why don`t you get a composite connector from any electrical store and connect the composite and audio jacks from the back of...
a4000
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Mar 8, 2007
7:25 am
73651
... I'd recommend to do that in the interim, too. But in the long term you'd want an RGB connection, the quality is much better....
Tim Seifert
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Mar 8, 2007
7:54 am
73652
... One of the problems with the Philips is that they do give up after a while. I have two here in need of repair. So by connecting up he could see it was...
a4000
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Mar 8, 2007
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73653
... The Commodore 1024s are like that, too. The almost last ones sold, with beige colouring, remodelled for rounded corners, not the old small, sharp-edged,...
Tim Seifert
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Mar 8, 2007
9:38 am
73654
Hi ... Sounds familiar ( literally ). I use to know a local guy that fixed them for approx £19. He gave up and so did a number of my monitors. Hadn`t realised...
a4000
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Mar 8, 2007
1:56 pm
73655
... Only some pc monitor got that low I think it might be as low as 29Khz in reality to be safe rather than the original idea of 32khz. I found it difficult to...
trott3r
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Mar 8, 2007
4:30 pm
73656
Hi Sorry, I either missed this or misunderstood it first time around. That seems a good interim measure I'll give it a try in the morning. Cheers...
dclark52001
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Mar 8, 2007
8:10 pm
73657
Hello trott3r ... Multiscan Productivity is 31.44khz. ... Oh, you're just showing off, Martin ;-) I agree with Scuzz's point about using the composite on...
Colin Booth
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Mar 8, 2007
8:23 pm
73658
... PC VGA monitors will self destruct just as easily by running them lower than they want, as running them at too high a frequency. So you do want to be...
Tim Seifert
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Mar 9, 2007
2:20 am
73659
Hi just a tester Regards Frosty...
frosty
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Mar 10, 2007
7:34 pm
73660
... Is the answer 462?...
Paul Cundle
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Mar 11, 2007
1:19 am
73661
... ** end quote [a4000] Rest easy Scuzz, it has been saved :) I now need some sleep - it has been a long day! To quote the title of a novel by one time Poet...
Paul Tansom
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Mar 11, 2007
1:50 am
73662
Paul ... Well I never. Over the bridge and far away. And all the motorway signs twice.... Don`t think I would sleep.. ... Lucky you. scuzz...
a4000
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Mar 11, 2007
2:09 am
73663
... Don`t be silly. Everyone knows the answers 42, their just not sure of the question :) Steve Evans http://www.thecryptmag.com For Computer hints and tips ...
Steve Evans
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Mar 11, 2007
6:55 am
73664
... A case of drinking too much at that restuarant at the end of the universe. Difficult to listen to tiny mice when your half gone :-) I just wonder how many...
a4000
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