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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Amiga to Atari monitor
Keywords: Atari, Amiga, SC1224
Message-ID: <7437@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jul 89 06:13:27 GMT
References: <2564@ur-cc.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <2564@ur-cc.UUCP> lmna_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Louis Nau) writes:
> 
> 	I am wondering if anyone out there has tried to connect an Atari
> SC1224 Color monitor to an Amiga.  I already own an Atari 1040ST system,
> and am planing on buying an Amiga 500.  I would like to be able to save the
> cost of buying another monitor if at all possible, as this may determine if 
> I can afford the Amiga system.  I am new to hardware hacking, and don't even
> know if the signals are compatible.  Please Email me or post as to the 
> plausability of this idea.

It is perfectly doable, and depending on whether you got one of the "good"
SC1224's you'll get a pretty nice display.  Resolution is nothing special,
but the black-matrix screen makes for nice bright colors.

I've done it simply by chopping the Atari cable and putting on a 23-pin
connector, using the separate horizontal and vertical sync signals.  You
may have to "buffer" the sync's if your system won't boot reliably with
the monitor plugged in.  You may also want to wire up the Audio signal
in to monitor cable to the Amiga audio output.

-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
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