Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!samsung!umich!vela!jjhoxsey From: jjhoxsey@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Skyfire) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: PCjr CGA monitor Message-ID: <4307@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Date: 17 Dec 90 20:32:35 GMT References: Reply-To: jjhoxsey@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Skyfire) Organization: OU's I-wanna-be-a-smart-computer-person Office Automation. Lines: 35 In article kgreer@x102a.harris-atd.com (greer kl 01472) writes: > > Hello. I have an old PCjr video monitor that I want to hook up to a >standard CGA video card. The problem is that the monitor cable has some >seemingly non-standard rectangular-shaped connector and I do not have the >pinouts. First of all, are you sure you want to do this? The PCjr uses MCGA, which is, as you probably know, a little more than CGA. The PCjr is already fully compatible with CGA. > First of all, can this be done? I presume I can cut off the PCjr >connector from the cable and solder on a standard 9pin. However, I need to >find the pinouts of the monitor cable first. Can anyone out there offer some >advice? Even better, would someone happen to know the PCjr monitor pinouts? > Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Of course, you can always check the "IBM PCjr Technical Reference Manual," but I can't remember them at the moment. If you don't have a PCjr, and just the monitor, remember that the PCjr's monitor is a color composite (I don't know if this makes any difference, but I seem to recall that some programs wouldn't work on my jr just because it was a color composite and not some other type). Hope this helps... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "It's a tradition at the Letterman house | jjhoxsey@vela.acs.oakland.edu to have the annual swan dinner...and you | jjhoxsey@oakland (Bitnet) know, it's so much fun to watch the kids | uunet!umich!vela!jjhoxsey (UUCP) fight over the neck..." | -David Letterman | Hardware Support @ Oakland Univ. | Jim Hoxsey (A.K.A. Skyfire) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-