> > ordinary composite video monitor, instead?
On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Erik S. Klein wrote:
> Unfortunately all of my composite video is in storage with my Apple,
> Atari, Commodore and other systems.
> All I've got left at the house, until I finally move, is a few new
> machines and a few S-100 systems I held back lest the movers trash them.
As a possibly impractical or inconvenient temporary alternative, does your
TV have composite in? or composite in of your VCR and then to your TV?
Do any of your "new" machines have video IN? Or get one of the cheap
USB "video capture" external boxes. Cable the TRS-80 to a video
capture unit, and display on the "new" computer's monitor, to let a half
gigahertz pentium machine act as a "video server" for the TRS-80.
> I may go on a local hunt this weekend, but I doubt I'd find anything
> worth my time.
> Wouldn't I have to make a cable for composite to the 5 pin on the RS or
> is there a composite out port I've missed?
You'll need to solder at least two wires to make a cable from 5 pin DIN to
composite. (in a pinch, you could take cut up a DIN cable and a composite
cable and twist them together).
For permanent use, drill a hole in the case and install an RCA jack.
I don't remember the pinout, but I think that the video 5 pin DIN had
video, ground, and 5V?
I don't even remember which of the three side by side 5 pin DINs was the
video. IBM saw the OBVIOUS problem inherent in that, and in typical
IBM style only had TWO side by side 5 pin DINs on the 5150.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Sat Jul 19 2003 - 11:22:00 BST