Can I use a VGA monitor on my Amiga?

The Amiga is not compatible with VGA or SVGA monitors as it is designed for use with TV signals. This may make it a perfect video machine but it really annoys everyone else. You can produce a screenmode compatible with VGA by using the VGA-Only monitor driver that is located in the Storage/Monitors/ drawer on your hard drive. However, you will not be able to display most games or programs that open their own screens. The only way to use a monitor is too either buy a multiscan monitor that can display the Amigas 15KHz scan rate, or get a graphics card so the display will be retargeted over to the monitor. A3000 owners can simply plug in any monitor (damn their eyes) because they have a flicker fixer BUILT IN. Amiga International have managed to solve this problem by officially licensing a flicker fixer designed to be plugged directly into the Amiga without any other specialist hardware. This retails for about £60-90 and can be found in the advertisement sections of most Amiga magazines.

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