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From: [e-mail] (William R. Ward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Vic 20 and monitor trouble
Date: 06 Oct 1995 21:17:00 GMT
Organization: Computing and Telecommunications Services, UCSC
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In-reply-to: [e-mail]'s message of 6 Oct 1995 00:21:08 GMT

In article <451spk$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Perry Eidelbus) writes:
) Ruben Spaans ([e-mail]) wrote:
) : I have a VIC-20 and want to connect it to my 1701/1702 monitor(s), as the
) : picture is very distorted on my TV. But the monitor cable doesn't fit...
) : What do I do, does it exist a converter or something? I already use a
) : converter to connect it to my TV.

) While I don't have my VIC-20 manual (and pin diagrams) ready, I seem to
) remember that the 64's video/audio port has its pins in a slightly
) different configuration.  You could try getting a DIN connector to fit
) your VIC-20, then splice-and-butcher your monitor cable.

) I had a somewhat similar issue when I made my own monitor cable for my 64.
) The DIN connector I got from Radio Shack had the right number of pins, but
) they were slightly off (probably no more than .5 millimeter) and wouldn't
) fit at all.

I posted the pinout information here a while back but can't seem to
find a copy of my message.  The VIC and early C64 had a +5V signal and
a composite color output on a 5-pin DIN, where the newer C64 has an
8-pin DIN and separate chroma/luma outputs.  The pinouts can be found
in the manuals for the computer.

--Bill.

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