Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!tle33710 From: tle33710@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: Atari 800 Monitor Connection Message-ID: <115200050@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 21 Nov 89 10:38:46 GMT References: <29958@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Lines: 36 Nf-ID: #R:iuvax.cs.indiana.edu:29958:uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:115200050:000:1806 Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!tle33710 Nov 20 12:26:00 1989 Hmmmm..... A funny thing happened to me the other day.... I sent my 130XE to Atari with $65 so they would replace it, right? Well, I accidentally sent them my monitor cable, too. Three weeks later (no complaint here--the check had to clear) the new XE arrived, but the cable was nowhere to be found. SO, I trekked on over to Radio Shack, bought a 5-pin DIN male plug and two RCA audio plugs with exposed end wires. With the help of ANTIC's tech tips, here's which wires go where: __ __ / +-+ \ 3 |o o| 1 5 | o o | 4 \ o / ----- 2 VIEW: Looking into computer from outside! PIN # 1. Composite Luminance: Attach the Negative (-, Ground) wire of the Video cord 2. Ground: Attach the Negative (-, Ground) wire of the Audio cord 3. Audio Output: Attach the Positive (+) wire of the Audio cord 4. Composite Video: Attach the Positive (+) wire of the Video cord 5. Composite Chroma: Unused (sadly) NOTE: I believe there was an article in ANTIC which explained that the Chroma pin was used in the 800, but abandoned in the XL/XE versions, although it is capable of being used with modifications. I'm still looking for the article.... _______________________________________________________________________________ Tim Elliott | ``Genghis'' University of Illinois at Urpaign/Chambana | ``Enoch'' (Name of the Week) tle33710@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu | ``Still mourning ANALOG'' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I would never drink from headgear..." Dieter on Sprockets Saturday Night Live 11/18/89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------