cube
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Post by cube on Feb 19, 2007 23:20:06 GMT -5
Allright, I'll admit - I did not do any research on the matter before posting this message, but has anyone ever heard of a Commodore 2080 monitor? I remember the 1701, the 1702, 1702A, 1902, 1902A, 1084, etc. - but never does my mind recall the numbers 2080 succeeding the word Commodore while preceeding the word monitor.
John
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Post by rockotiger on Feb 20, 2007 0:19:20 GMT -5
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Post by Golan Klinger on Feb 20, 2007 2:02:15 GMT -5
The thing about the 2080 that isn't mentioned on Bo's site is that it was a high-persistance monitor meaning that it the phosphors would glow for a little longer than they would on a normal monitor. Why would you want that? To offset the flicker in some of the Amiga's video modes, of course. It was a flicker fixer, of sorts. That's about it.
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Post by cube on Feb 20, 2007 10:08:25 GMT -5
Very interesting. The reason I'm asking, you may be asking, is because I found one of these in an alley yesterday. It looks like it may have fallen or suffered impact somehow, and the [plug] - not the cord but just the plug on the end - is missing as well, suggesting to me that it does not still work. However, I couldn't pass it by and so it sits here, ready to be tested. Alas, time is but an ever-constraining fiend... John
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Post by Ian Colquhoun on Feb 20, 2007 10:15:18 GMT -5
Ahh... that is interesting. I sure wish I would have known about one of those back in the day. The flicker in the interlaced modes on the Amiga used to drive me mental.
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Post by gmoon on Feb 20, 2007 10:18:38 GMT -5
The title tag on Bo's Amiga 1000 page is: "The First Girl-Friend."
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Post by David Murray on Feb 20, 2007 11:07:35 GMT -5
Where is this page? I have a particular interest in the Amiga 1000. If there is a page dedicated to it, I want to see it. (other than the typical pages that show the basic CPU, RAM specs, etc.. and maybe a piece of trivia or two..)
I searched google for "Bo's Amiga 1000 page" but found nothing.
EDIT - Nevermind.. I found it by removing the 's from Bo's and the page has little usefull info for me.. thanks anyway!
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Post by MadModder on Feb 20, 2007 12:07:05 GMT -5
Why didn't you use the link "Click here to return to the main pictures page" at the bottom of the page rockotiger linked to, and then clicked on "Amiga 1000"?
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Post by David Murray on Feb 20, 2007 12:52:35 GMT -5
I never clicked that link (until just now) as I thought it was only related to the monitor they were discussing. In fact, I had wondered why Gmoon made that comment, now I know.
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Post by rockotiger on Feb 20, 2007 13:04:19 GMT -5
The title tag on Bo's Amiga 1000 page is: "The First Girl-Friend." hahahah! I had an Amiga 1200 in college (even though it was outdated, i loved it) and was constantly picked on about it being my girlfriend. Of course it didn't help that I named her... i mean it.
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Post by gmoon on Feb 20, 2007 13:24:38 GMT -5
Of course it didn't help that I named her... Was her name Agnes, Denise or Paula?
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Post by Golan Klinger on Feb 20, 2007 13:28:33 GMT -5
The thing about the 2080 is that as great as it was for interlaced modes, it was not a good choice as a day-to-day monitor because in non-interlaced modes, the high persistence made the display seem laggy or blurry. Using it to play games, for instance, was particularly unpleasant (unless you were trying to simulate being under the influence of some kind of hallucinogenic drug). As a result, the 2080 wasn't particularly popular and was quickly discontinued.
As an interesting aside, quite a few people in the Toronto area ended up getting 2080s as second monitors because a local shop bought all of Commodore's inventory after they were discontinued and sold them at blow out prices ($20 each, if memory serves). As silly as it sounds, almost everyone I knew had one. I loved mine because my Amiga A1000 made for an excellent terminal in 640 x 480 mode without flicker.
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