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>Hi Folks,
>
> I've noticed a strange problems using my picasso II board with various
>applications. Here's my setup
>
>   A3000 030/882 25MHz (2chip/8 fast)
>   Picasso II w/2 meg of ram
>   DKB3128 w/16 meg of ram
>   MultiFaceIII
>   'couple of drives including CDROM and Zip.
>
> Anyway, so I was using AWEB on it's own public screen (a picasso 256 color
> screen, probably 640x480) and I use a 4 color interlaced NTSC workbench.
> Sometimes when I use AWeb like this and I try to switch back to my WB all
> I get is a blank screen. I can control-M back to the aweb screen and every-
> thing still works fine, but I can't get to my workbench without rebooting.
> This kinda sucks... actually, I can't get back to any non picasso screen.
> I do, however, hear that audible click the picasso gives off when it's
> making the switch from it's signal to the pass-thru. What I'm thinking is
> that the picasso switches off the amiga's normal display hardware (?) and
> for some reason is forgetting to switch it back on when I go to an NTSC
> screen. Is there a setting for this somewhere? Could it be a hardware
> problem? I recently replaced my U202 chip b/c of graphics dandruf on NTSC
> screens. It has yet to show me more dandruf (except for my paranoid dandruf
> sightings few and far between). Anyway, any and all help would be
> appreciated. I've even tried the picasso switch commodity with no success.
>
>   Thanks much, and thanks for reading my ill compose paragraph.
>    Matt
>    boc4@midway.uchicago.edu


I've had almost the same problem. The DBLntsc display would roll and shrink
then go away. Rebooting would bring DBLntsc back. No obvious time to failure.



                      -ash