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> > I received 5 replies to my request for monitor recommendations for
> > an Atari 800: 3 firmly recommended Commodore, model 1702, because
> > it has separate luma and chroma inputs, 1 recommended an Amdek Color 1+,
> > and 1 recommended the Amdek Color 3+.
> 
> I looked at the Commodore monitor today at my friendly local Kmart;
> used with a commodore 64 (I don't know if it has separate luminance and
> chroma outputs) the flicker was UNBEARABLE.  I couldn't adjust it away...
> Is this a problem with this monitor, or is the C64 not a good test machine
> for it?  The sharpness was excellent, which leads me to believe that
> the luma/chroma WAS separate.  If it weren't for the flicker, I would
> consider one for use with my 800.
> 
> By the way, does the 1702 take standard composite video through the front
> panel jack?  The salesperson was, ahem, not exactly on top of things.
> 
> -- 
> 	William Cox
> 	Computer Sciences Department
> 	University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
> 	bill@uwisc
> 	...{ihnp4,seismo,allegra}!uwvax!bill

As far as I can tell, this flicker isn't a common feature in any of the
several dozen 1702s I've seen, and is probably indicative of a faulty 
monitor, or rotten Commodore software.  Incidentally, per somebody's
previous question, the Commodore DOESN'T use the 9918.  This is fairly
obvious from the resolution of 256x192 for the 9918 vs 320x192 for 
Commodore's part, numbered something like the 6567-II.  

(the following is an editorial comment)
   Doesn't really matter, since I hate Commodore to the core.  (Of course
I do, I've got an apple.  And I'm just waiting for Tramiel's 68000 machine.)

And yes, the front jacks on the 1702 are in fact normal NTSC video.  And they
look wonderful plugged into a Betamax.

				Hopefully useful

				     Dave Hsu
				   < hsu @ cvl >
University of Maryland Computer Vision Laboratory
(which has nothing to do with Ataris)