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From: farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: IBM PC -> Atari ST
Message-ID: <727@gethen.UUCP>
Date: 5 Mar 88 15:02:22 GMT
References: <919@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> <1988Feb29.091829.11946@mntgfx.mentor.com>
Reply-To: farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren)
Organization: There's Unix there in Oakland
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in article <919@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>, singer@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Matthew R. Singer) says:
>> 
>> Has anyone attempted to use the Atari ST color monitor on a PC
>> using either a CGA or EGA card?  Was it successful? Can it be done?
>> If so, where can I get the cables?

You can make it work with a CGA card if you build a TTL - Analog converter,
which isn't too hard.  You cannot make it work with ANY other IBM video
card, as the horizontal and vertical sync rates for those video cards
are way off from the standard NTSC values the Atari color monitor uses.

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