RF output DOES NOT equal Composite!!!!

From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Mon Jun 17 18:18:13 2002

On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, Glen Goodwin wrote:
> > No, but he could tap the composite signal off of the Timex pcb a feed a
> > composite monitor with it.
>
> I think that somebody who doesn't know the difference between RF and
> composite, should learn that FIRST.

  Ouch! Guilty, as charged. That's what y'all are for. :)

> Then get or make the appropriate cable or adapter to connect the
> unmodified unit and confirm that it works, BEFORE making amateur
> modifications.

  Done. I can now watch the weather in my office, too. ($5 B&W TV)

> THEN, he should make the mods and connect it to a composite monitor.

  This I'll probably do. I don't mind much if I trash the TS-1000 -
although I'd rather not. It's a low-priced, low-preference piece of my
collection. Good for practice. And _yes_, Tony, I also have a couple
of toasted PC adapters to get my soldering tuned up first.

> When I got my first Coco (the day they arrived), I played with it for
> almost an hour before I opened the case, and didn't connect it to
> composite video until the next day.

  Remarkable restraint.

        Doc
Received on Mon Jun 17 2002 - 18:18:13 BST