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: <4589.27f9211d@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Date: 3 Apr 91 05:26:05 GMT References: <40250015@hpindda.cup.hp.com> <4539.27f72f4f@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Lines: 24 In article <4539.27f72f4f@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>, rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) writes: > 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: >>>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? Apparently, its not that easy. I hooked it up like this, and got nothing. Is it possible to get a composite signal on older ST's with out having to buy a video key? My motherboard is rev. D. Has anybody attempted this? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ryan 'Gozar' Collins Question for MAC Users: rlcollins@miavx1.BITNET |||| Power Without What IS the format of a rc1dsanu@miamiu.BITNET / || \ The Price!! MAC HFS floppy disk? R.COLLINS1 on GEnie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------