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- From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
- Subject: Re: Other Uses for a VM-2 Monitor
- Message-ID: <1992Aug30.065048.9067@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
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- Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.
- References: <1992Aug28.091033.1819@newstand.syr.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 06:50:48 GMT
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- demarsee@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Darryl E. Marsee) writes:
-
- >I am the proud (?) owner of a Tandy VM-2 monitor (with standard RCA-jack-
- >type video-in) that I bought to use with my Model 100 Disk/Video Interface.
- >I now would like to find another use for it ... I've been told I can use
- >it as a TV-without-sound if I hook it up to a VCR ... is this true? Also,
- >can it be used as a monochrome monitor for your run-of-the-mill IBM-type PC,
- >assuming I can find some sort of patch cord to interface between the two?
-
- The VM-2 is a composite monitor. That means it accepts a standard NTSC
- composite video signal. That's *exactly* what the "video out" jack
- on a VCR provides.
-
- The *only* IBM type card that produces composite output are the older
- CGA cards and a few *expensive* VGA cards. The signals from the 9-pin
- or 15-pin video connectors are *not* compatible with a composite
- monitor.
-
- But if you find a CGA card, you can use the monitor with it. It won't
- be as good as a coolor monitor, but it'll be usable. Don't try it on
- an EGA card. The RCA jacks on it are for something else....
- --
- Leonard Erickson leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
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