10 Jun
2004
10 Jun
'04
8:18 a.m.
At 12:26 10/06/2004 -0700, you wrote:
Why does everything have to be so difficult?
I'm trying to set up an Amiga 500 for tonight's Computer History Museum
event. It's got a DB-23 RGB output and a Mono out. I've got an Amiga
1080 high resolution color monitor. It's got a Video and Chroma input,
plus a DA-9 RGB input. I've got an Amiga RF Modulator that plugs into
the DB-23 on the back of the Amiga and has a composite Video and Audio out
(and an RF out). Then I have several video cables. One is a DB-25 to a
DIN. Another is a DIN to three RCA leads. And then there's the DIN to
DA-9. At least one of these might be for the Atari 520ST (which I also
need to set up).
None of this connects up in a way which gives me colour on the display.
Is it too much to ask to have products designed by people who are not
insane?
Hi Sellam,
I have an Amiga 500 with a Commodore 1084 monitor. The cable I use is
a DB-25 to DIN-6 (5 pins around the outside, one in the center) - this
does give me color.
IIRC, the RGB output on the A500 is the rightmost DB25 connector when
viewed from the back, however, I'm pretty sure it's marked RGB or
something like that.
The Atari ST's use a honkin big circular connector - I recall it's
something like 13 pins (3 rows of 4 plus 1) - Best thing for the Atari
is to use an Atari SC124 (mono) or SC1224 (color) monitor. If you don't
have one available, you can build an adapter for a mono display on most
PC SVGA monitors (I build one before I found the monitors, and it does
work). Some of my ST's have RCA connectors for RF out, which you can
display on a TV (not nearly as nice).
Regards,
Dave
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