New monitors on old machines

--- Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org> wrote: I seem to remember something about RS-170 style video being 1 volt peak to peak or .7 volts peak. "P2P" seems to indicate a signal that is half negative going? Would have to do more research, but if not, maybe a resistor would do the job (i.e "convert" 5 volts to a correspodingly "high" analog voltage, as mentioned). The older broadcast monitors were designated RS-170 (those with seperate color inputs) I do believe. Maybe modern VGA signals and whatnot are also compatible. One problem...what do you do with the Intensity input (older TTL monitors are not RGB, they're RGBI). Indeed it might. Why don't you give it a try and let us know Jim LOL LOL. Keep the ol' fire extinguisher nearby though. http://www.highway.net.au/parts/converters/1488.html) That thing seems to do it all (for CGA freqs anyway). But double scanning and voltage conversion are 2 separate issues. I ain't spending $141 for such a thing anytime soon. If you can use the divide and conquer method, figuring out how to double all the 2000's outputs (yielding 800 line, in terms of frequency, video), then do the voltage conversion. Then pump it all into yer 19" KDS you bought for 80 bucks at Walmart. All of the 2000 outputs are TTL level signals (hmm sync too? But at least they're "digital", or maybe close to square waves anyway). So it's doubled sync signals would be compatible with a new monitor, then there's the voltage conversion. Then there's the Intensity issue. Oi ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates (http://voice.yahoo.com)