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- From: pierrot@jersey.net
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Vic-20 Monitor Cable
- Date: 3 Apr 1996 21:57:52 GMT
- Organization: InterActive Network - Serving SNJ - SLIP/PPP/SHELL
- Message-ID: <4jus90$ilc@hermes.jersey.net>
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- In <4jqdm0$hrt$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com>, Dan Amborn <103013.1114@CompuServe.COM> writes:
- >>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.
- >
- >I tried using the Luma and chroma signals. For me it works better
- >just using pin 4 for the video and forgeting pin 5. No matter
- >which one I used for chroma and luma it didn't matter. Using both
- >I get vertical lines on my screen. I switched my monitor to
- >single video input without pin 5 and my screen is as clear as a
- >bell. A friend on Compuserve recommended doing it that way and it
- >works. Thanks for your help.
- >
-
- On the Vic-20, pin 4 is 75-ohm video (standard composite video) and pin 5 is
- 300-ohm video. Use pin 4 for a composite monitor/TV input cable. I don't know
- the purpose of 300-ohm video, but it is there for a reason, I suppose.
-
- >--
- >Dan Amborn
- >103013.1114@compuserve.com
-
-
- Shawn Dessaigne <<<?!>
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