Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy!miavx1!rlcollins From: rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Can't connect a 1040st to a TV Set :-( Message-ID: <4539.27f72f4f@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Date: 1 Apr 91 18:02:07 GMT References: <40250015@hpindda.cup.hp.com> Lines: 23 In article <40250015@hpindda.cup.hp.com>, goo@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Michael Goo) writes: >>in comp.sys.atari.st/rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) >>writes: >>In article , dddean@bluemoon.uucp (David D. Dean) writes: >>> It turns out that they (The Atari Company) did not include an RF modulator >>> for their 1040st line. DARN!!! That really ticks! >> >>On a related note, is it possible to add a RF modulator to an older ST? >>I've noticed that there is space on the motherboard for it, but nothing is >>there. > The Atari monitor connector has a line for composite video. This is essentially > regular NTSC signal without being modulated to a TV frequency. You can buy or > build a cable that will go from the monitor port to a composite connector So if I splice into the composite line of the monitor, I should be able to get composite output? It sounds a little too easy. Why would anyone buy that Video Key thing then? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ryan 'Gozar' Collins Question for IBM Users: rlcollins@miavx1.BITNET |||| Power Without How DO you move/copy a rc1dsanu@miamiu.BITNET / || \ The Price!! Subdirectory? R.COLLINS1 on GEnie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------