Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site kitty.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!sunybcs!kitty!larry From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) Newsgroups: net.wanted,net.video,net.micro Subject: Re: Looking for a monitor Message-ID: <303@kitty.UUCP> Date: Sat, 10-Aug-85 19:04:46 EDT Article-I.D.: kitty.303 Posted: Sat Aug 10 19:04:46 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Aug-85 08:27:05 EDT References: <414@sbcs.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY Lines: 34 Xref: watmath net.wanted:6900 net.video:1370 net.micro:11376 > We are on the market for a color monitor with the > following characteristics: > o 720 pixel x 400-600 line resolution. > o 60 Hz vert freq, ~28-40 Khz horiz freq, 40 Mhz BW. > o 12-14 inch diagonal measure screen, .31mm pitch phosphor. > o Analog RGB input, need not be linear. Prefer ~1 Volt input. > o Low cost (<$1600). > Any suggestions? I am taking your specifications literally, and am being primarily guided by your 28-40 KHz horizontal scan rate. That is the killer. There are no inexpensive raster scan color displays that will operate in that frequency range. I know - I have looked! The least expensive monitor I could find was a Conrac 7211RS19 which set us back about $ 3.9K a year ago. The 7211 gives 1080 horizontal by 809 vertical pixels for a 1225 line resolution. That is more resolution than you asked for - and was also more than we required. However, we had some graphics hardware that would *only* work at 31 KHz. There seems to be a whole order of magnitude price jump when one goes that high in horizontal scan rate. I am not certain why that is, since the monitor circuitry is not that much more complex than that of NTSC monitors. If someone knows of a raster scan monitor meeting the above specs for less than even $ 3K please let me know, too! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ | Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, New York | | UUCP {decvax,dual,rocksanne,rocksvax,watmath}!sunybcs!kitty!larry | | {rice,shell}!baylor!/ | | VOICE 716/741-9185 syr!buf!/ | | TELEX {via WUI} 69-71461 ansbak: ELGECOMCLR | | | | "Have you hugged your cat today?" | +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++