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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Help with weird monitor connections
Message-ID: <38573@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 12 Feb 90 23:53:44 GMT
References: <1453@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1453@crash.cts.com> henrym@pro-europa.cts.com (Henry Malmgren) writes:
>I'd like to add a TV to my room, but I don't have a whole lot of space.  So,
>what I'd like to do  is buy a cheap VCR, and connect the composite video out
>port to my GS's RGB monitor.  Does anyone out there have any idea how I could
>do this?  I don't imagine there is a cable in existance, but I think I can
>build my own if told which pins do what. 

Sounds like a neat trick, unless your VCR has an RGB output.  You could
put a Video Overlay card into your GS, plug your VCR into that, and plug
the RGB output from the card into the RGB monitor.  (This is *not* a cheap
solution.)

Since space is a problem, you might try to find a small TV, or a way to
stack things up, assuming you're not in earthquake territory.
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