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First post, by dr.zeissler

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Hi, do you know a small VGA-CRT that can display 31khz and 50hz.
Should be used for a A2320 in an A2000.

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Doc

PS: No LCD because of the lack of switching and therefore thy blurry image. (the 1084 is WAY better for fast moving objects)

Retro-Gamer 😀 ...on different machines

Reply 4 of 4, by jxhicks

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I remember trying out several VGA CRTs out at 50z and all of them would sync just fine. That being said, they were nearly unusable to me because of the flicker. Your eyes may be less sensitive to that. My understanding is that the phosphor decay is much faster on VGA monitors than on older 15Khz monitors like the 1084, so flicker at lower refresh rates is much worse. I would say try any old cheap VGA CRT and see if it works for you.

I now use a Sony PVM 14L5, which is a 15/31Khz monitor. It works great with the MiST Amiga/Atari ST FPGA clone and older consoles, but it won't sync to any PC signals. They can be hard to find and expensive though. I got luck and found a bunch of them at my local government surplus warehouse for around $20 each.