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> Got a simple question. God I hope it's simple and does not turn out to be
> an advocacy question. Im planning my "museum" setup. I have alot of
> machines that were simply designed only to work on Color TV's. Is it
> possible to just tap the input's before they get to the RF modulator {built
> in} and use a composite monitor, of which I have dozens? Otherwise I've
> got to buy, scrounge, find, about 9 color tv's.
In general, yes you can. I did it on my (UK, so PAL) Tandy CoCo 2 for many
years. Sometimes you need a 1 or 2 transistor video amplifier, and it
often helps to turn off the termination switch (labelled '75 Ohm'?) at the
monitor - the video stage that drives the modulator will often not drive a
75 Ohm load (and if you keep the cables short reflections are not a real
problem).
Give it a go. You're unlikely to damage anything.
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-tony
ard12_at_eng.cam.ac.uk
The gates in my computer are AND,OR and NOT, not Bill
Received on Thu Jun 26 1997 - 14:45:58 BST