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From: jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick)
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Subject: Re: 1040 & composite monitors
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Date: Tue, 4-Nov-86 02:47:12 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  4 02:47:12 1986
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> Does anyone know for certain if a 1040 will output a color composite
> signal? I know a 520 will (I have a friend with a 520 who hooks it up
> to a composite monitor), but my 1040 doesn't seem to output composite,
> even though the pin diagram in the back of the 1040 manual indicates 
> that it should. I read a short piece in Compute's ST magizine that
> said 1040's don't have composite, only 520's do. My dealer doesn't
> know. Help please -- my monochrome screen is extra sharp & nice, but I'd like
> to see FujiBoink at least once on my own ST.
> Whom: Rick Westerman                              Phone: +1-317-494-8341

Maybe sometime in the future, but not now. This really ticked me off when I got
my 1040. The decision to release them without composite or RF output seems to 
have been made at the last minute, as the manual shows you where to hook it up,
and there's a different texture in the plastic at the rear of the case where
the RF output ought to be. Plus they give Neochrome away with the computer so
you can watch it not work on a mono screen. If someone knows a way to get 
composite output I'd like to know how.