Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!rochester!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!joss From: joss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Josh Sirota) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Seeking VGA Monitor Advice Message-ID: <437@ur-cc.UUCP> Date: 3 Dec 88 00:36:51 GMT References: <1613@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu> <111700011@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <7052@chinet.chi.il.us> Reply-To: joss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Josh Sirota) Organization: Univ. of Rochester, Computing Center Lines: 24 In article <7052@chinet.chi.il.us> ward@chinet.chi.il.us (Ward Christensen) writes: >... One of the least-discussed requirements a VGA >places on a monitor is sizing, vertically, to handle the 350 (EGA emul), >400 (double-scan CGA and text) and 480 (Vga graphics) - so that the picture >fills the screen vertically at all 3 resolutions. My Magnavox 8CM873 >has sadly small EGA - it occupies the middle 350 of 480 possible lines, >and the height control is a small recessed pot in the back. This is NOT >a good VGA monitor, therefore. I also have a Magnavox 8CM873 and don't experience this problem. Ward, check the back of the monitor ... there are *3* pots for vertical size ... The middle one is for slow sync, #3 is for medium sync (EGA), and #1 is for fast sync (VGA). They all for some reason depend on one another, but try playing with #3 while you're in 350-row mode. Note: I'm not sure about the order of the pots ... I don't have the useless little manual with me (you'll find the explanations in a little table down on the bottom of one of the pages). Josh -- Josh Sirota INTERNET: joss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu BITNET: joss_ss@uordbv.bitnet sirota@cs.rochester.edu UUCP: ...!rochester!sirota