THE NEC MULTISYNC by Richard Karsmakers
A short while ago there was some stunning news from the hardware
front: The NEC Multisync, a monitor (the first one, as far as I
know) that's able to support both color-and monochrome
resolutions of the Atari ST systems! I thought we shouldn't let
news like this be kept away from our readers, although you could
heave read it in last November "ST Computer" (one of the best
German computer magazines for the ST - or was it the only?).
There really isn't much to say about this. One thing you need to
know is that a medium resolution STM screen doens't look as good
as a medium res screen on this new NEC monitor. That's why I
immediately continue with the technical data, compared with the
Thomson CM 36 382 AR.
Name: NEC THOMSON
Screen diagonal: 34 cm 36 cm
Pixel distance: 0.31 mm 0.38 mm
Video bandwidth: 30 Mhz 12 Mhz
Resolution: 800x560 640x240
Horizontal frequency: 15.5-35 Khz 15.625 Khz
Vertical frequency: 56-62 Hz 50 Hz
Power consumption: 78 Watt 54 Watt
Weight: 15.2 kg 9.5 kg
Dimensions (cm): 37x38x35 36,8x32.8x38.2
Approx. Price1: 2300 1000
1 = These are the lowest prices, including cables, we have heard
of in Dutch currency (guilders)
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