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From: wally@dragos.UUCP (The Walrus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: USING THE 1702 ON THE ST
Summary: 1702?  composite evile hacks
Message-ID: <543@dragos.UUCP>
Date: 6 May 89 12:09:31 GMT
References: <890429.13121059.066380@SFA.CP6>
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Organization: Orbital Mind Control Lasers, Inc.
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   I don't know about cabling for all those other monitors, but I've 
 been using a 1702 for my color display for about a year and a half.
 I'm mostly satisfied with it.  It's true that it doesn't quite* have
 the resolution required for good medium res, but I can stil read the 
 Icons and 80 col. text quite easily.   In low res, the picture is quite
 acceptable, for <blarg> games, and a paint program or two, or doing
 fractals <my faves! Anyone got a better mandelbrot explorer than Fractal
 Mayhem?>. 
 
  
   Cabling it up so it was convienient, however, was evil.  Rather than 
  mess around trying* to find that odd din plug, or shell out large stacks
  of cash for an overpriced switch box, what I ended up doing was making 
  some mods to my SM125.  First, I went and disassembled the monitor plug,
  and ran lines out the back of it for ground, audio and video, soldering
  onto the appropriate pins <which Atari was kind enough to document in that
  cute* li'l owners manual <urk, shoulda said, I've got a 520FM...>>.  That
  was all well and good, and then I went inside the SM125 itself, and spliced 
  a little on/off switch on the monochrome detect line.  One li'l hole later, 
  and a nice inconspicious, difficult to accidently trip switch now is poking 
  out the side of my monitor.  I leave both hooked up all the time, I've been
  very happey with the results.  Total cost:  $195 for the monitor, and $1.25
   for the switch.  


    When I get rich, I'll invest in a nice color Multisync, and dedicate the 
    1702 to running strictly with the VCR <makes  a GREAT TV... best picture 
  I've found yet... :)