Hi Thanks.. Yes I knew about the feed another monitor with comp video idea (I do a bit of amateur television) However, a real VT201 has turned up in the UK. This is going to be really nice, I have a huge heap of software all specifically for the Rainbow. Or will it be "How much have I forgotten in 25 years" Next task = find the colour graphics adapter that goes with the Rainbow (after making sure this one has not got one) Regards Rod. -----Original Message----- From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks Sent: 13 August 2007 13:24 To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: DEC Rainbow 100+ Plus On 8/10/07, Rod Smallwood <RodSmallwood at mail.ediconsulting.co.uk> wrote: You have another option... the video input to a VR201 is NTSC "composite video", also called RS-170. I see you are in the UK, so an NTSC monitor might not be as easy to find as a VR201, but will work if you have one handy. I made a DA15-RCA cable years ago to hook a VR201 to an Amiga 2000 that I used as a hardware test platform (so I didn't care about a lack of color). I have to admit that I haven't "gone the other way" and used a non-DEC monitor on a Rainbow, but there's no reason to expect it won't work. I recently saw my Amiga cable, but the VR201, unfortunately, fell off the workbench some years ago, and the tube bit the dust. I pitched the plastic housing and saved the analog board, IIRC. -ethan