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- From: tpearson@titan.trl.OZ.AU (Trevor Pearson)
- Subject: Re: IBM CGA moniter on ST (?) // connector source (?)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.031212.10951@trl.oz.au>
- Sender: root@trl.oz.au (System PRIVILEGED Account)
- Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
- References: <1992Nov23.142715.4047@news.eng.convex.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 03:12:12 GMT
- Lines: 42
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- lcoe@convex.com (Loren Coe) writes:
- > i want to connect a CGA moniter to my 520ST. has anyone done this?
- >
- > there seems to be two points of concern:
- >
- >
- > 1. the plug is not common, it appears to be din. is there
- > a name for this type of plug? can anyone suggest sources?
- > it has 13 pins and is the same shell as din.
- >
- > 2. the CGA has no 'intensity' input. i assume that i can
- > do without it, possibly forsaking the best display on
- > some software. am i going to have problems here? is it
- > required?
- >
- > the polarity of the ttl outputs is not spec'd, hopefully this is going
- > to be okay.
- >
- > assuming that someone has done this, how did you deal with the audio?
- > i am planning to just wire in a small external speaker, from the sound
- > pin to one of the grounds.
- >
- > thanks,
- >
- >
- > loren
- >
- Yes i have done it, but I would not recommend it to you as you do not
- seem to be aware of the problem.
- A CGA monitor is TTL input, an Atari computer is Analog output. You need
- to make an analog to digital converter to connect them. There was a
- circuit published in Elector a few years ago to do this, but I found it
- needed extensive modification to be acceptable. Overall it was not worth
- the effort. I now use a multisync, but that's another story. The sound
- output on the Atari will not drive a speaker directly. Use an amplified
- speaker of the type available for
- walkmans.
-
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