??: 19" monitor for the Atari?
Brian McWilliams
Just curious, my Cubase manual mentions a 19" monitor made by Atari
for the ST. Does such a thing exist?
Thanks,
Brian
Gaven Miller
> Just curious, my Cubase manual mentions a 19" monitor made by Atari
> for the ST. Does such a thing exist?
The SM194. (American market models may have been differently numbered,
however). It is, however, also known as a Moniterm monitor.
The name is made up of several parts, to identify what it is : S = ST, M =
Monochrome, 19 = 19 inch, 4 = "generation" number. (Whoever dreamed up
this numbering scheme for peripherals deserves a heap of praise from me.)
It was originally for the Mega ST computers ("pizza-box with attached
keyboard"), and used the internal Processor-Direct-Slot (which Atari calls
the "Megabus") to connect a driver card for it.
In order to drive it, you need TOS 1.4 ("Rainbow TOS"), according to the
salesman who demoed it at the Tariland Computer Club meeing in Auckland
City, New Zealand in 1990. This need for TOS 1.4 was echoed by the Atari
rep at the annual computer show a month later.
I believe that you can also use a standard SM124 monochrome monitor at the
same time.
It displays 1280 x 960 pixels at a 66Hz frame rate. The "pixel clock" was
something over 80Mhz.
Kerstin Hoef-Emden
: Just curious, my Cubase manual mentions a 19" monitor made by Atari
: for the ST. Does such a thing exist?
Hi,
I read in some magazines some time ago, that a 19"-monitor for ST
exists (STM 194). Don't ask me where to find these, I have never seen one.
:-)~
Kerstin
Thorsten Guenther
>Brian McWilliams (mcwil...@wmich.edu) wrote:
>
>
>: Just curious, my Cubase manual mentions a 19" monitor made by Atari
>: for the ST. Does such a thing exist?
>I read in some magazines some time ago, that a 19"-monitor for ST
>exists (STM 194). Don't ask me where to find these, I have never seen one.
They are quite easily available in Germany, though...but only for MegaSTs,
AFAIK, perhaps for MegaSTEs, too, for they basically are a montior/gfx
board bundle.
Thorsten
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Soeren Schnee
>Brian McWilliams (mcwil...@wmich.edu) wrote:
>
>: Just curious, my Cubase manual mentions a 19" monitor made by Atari
>: for the ST. Does such a thing exist?
>
>I read in some magazines some time ago, that a 19"-monitor for ST
>exists (STM 194). Don't ask me where to find these, I have never seen one.
Well, I had such a 19' moniter (Proscreen TT) for a very long time.
The quality is VERY good. It looks like a sheet of paper. This
monitor uses 1280x960 with 72 Hz. The price (for a used one) is
in Germany $400-$550.
Can you imagine a SM124 with a resolution of 1280x960? That's it. The only
difference: the 19' uses the whole place on the screen. The SM124 doesn't.
Now I use 1024x768 with 256 colors and 75Hz on a 17' monitor.
And it's the same Atari, but it has a grapiccard.
>Kerstin
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Soeren Schnee
>I believe that you can also use a standard SM124 monochrome monitor at the
>same time.
That is correct. But if you use a TT you don't need any additional
hardware. Just plug in..... Then you can't use it at he same time
together with a SM124.
>It displays 1280 x 960 pixels at a 66Hz frame rate. The "pixel clock" was
>something over 80Mhz.
You're wrong. It displays a frame rate of 72 Hz.
Soeren Schnee
>In <3v7pu6$q...@news.rrz.uni-koeln.de> Kerstin Hoef-Emden wrote:
>>Brian McWilliams (mcwil...@wmich.edu) wrote:
>>
>>
>>: Just curious, my Cubase manual mentions a 19" monitor made by Atari
>>: for the ST. Does such a thing exist?
>
>>I read in some magazines some time ago, that a 19"-monitor for ST
>>exists (STM 194). Don't ask me where to find these, I have never seen one.
>
>They are quite easily available in Germany, though...but only for MegaSTs,
>AFAIK, perhaps for MegaSTEs, too, for they basically are a montior/gfx
>board bundle.
Thorsten, don't forget the Atari TT! (You have often been here, so
I wonder about this text above.)
>Thorsten
Thorsten Guenther
>In <FG4EC...@cabal.shnet.org> Thorsten Guenther wrote:
>>In <3v7pu6$q...@news.rrz.uni-koeln.de> Kerstin Hoef-Emden wrote:
>>>Brian McWilliams (mcwil...@wmich.edu) wrote:
>>>
>>>: Just curious, my Cubase manual mentions a 19" monitor made by Atari
>>>: for the ST. Does such a thing exist?
>>
>>>I read in some magazines some time ago, that a 19"-monitor for ST
>>>exists (STM 194). Don't ask me where to find these, I have never seen one.
>>
>>They are quite easily available in Germany, though...but only for MegaSTs,
>>AFAIK, perhaps for MegaSTEs, too, for they basically are a montior/gfx
>>board bundle.
>
> Thorsten, don't forget the Atari TT! (You have often been here, so
> I wonder about this text above.)
I was addressing the 19" monitor for the ST, not the one for the TT.
The TT has the logic for video output on these ECL monitors onboard, the
ST doesn't.
Roland Givan
> Well, I had such a 19' moniter (Proscreen TT) for a very long time.
>
> The quality is VERY good. It looks like a sheet of paper. This
> monitor uses 1280x960 with 72 Hz. The price (for a used one) is
> in Germany $400-$550.
> Can you imagine a SM124 with a resolution of 1280x960? That's it. The
> only
> difference: the 19' uses the whole place on the screen. The SM124
> doesn't.
I can 2nd this as well. I'm using a ProScreenTT on my TT at the moment and
it is absolutly excellent. Just like a SM124 but so much bigger!
:-)
Roland.
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