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- From: pierrot@jersey.net
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Vic-20 monitor cable
- Date: 2 Apr 1996 21:49:57 GMT
- Organization: InterActive Network - Serving SNJ - SLIP/PPP/SHELL
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- References: <4jpck1$omu@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>
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- In <4jpck1$omu@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, dross@firefly.prairienet.org (Dave Ross) writes:
- > -=> Quoting 103013.1114@compuserve.co to All <=-
- >
- > 10> Does anyone have a cable to hook a Vic-20 to a Commodore monitor?
- > 10> I have a model CM-141 monitor I'd like to hook one up to. Or at
- > 10> the very least does anybody know how to make one?
- >
- >I myself have this problem. I'm working on a solution, and will
- >probably make my cable later this week. I'll post my design to the group
- >when I'm finished, and it'll be on my website when I'm get the new one up.
- >
- >Until then, here's the pinout of the VIC20's monitor port, taken from the
- >VIC20 Programmer's Reference Guide, appendix J.
- >
- >Pin layout: [5-pin DIN-female] 3 1 1: +5V REG (10mA MAX)
- > 5 4 2: GND
- > 2 3: AUDIO
- > 4: VIDEO LOW
- > 5: VIDEO HIGH
- >
- >I'm not sure what's with the video low and high. I'm assuming the low is
- >a luma signal and the high is a chroma. For my purposes the two could be
- >combined, yielding a hybrid "video" signal (luma+chroma), which could be
- >fed into my VCR.
- >
-
- Nice guess, but wrong. I recently made a Vic-20 to composite input cable.
- The video low signal is the 75 ohm signal that should be used for the composite
- cable. Connect your audio cable to pin 3, your video cable to pin 4, and ground
- both cables (there should be a ground wire from each cable) to pin 2. If you need
- more info (either of you), e-mail me at pierrot@jersey.net.
-
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