Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!sharkey!tygra!wbks From: wbks@tygra.UUCP (Sean Burke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Using your TV as a 80-column monitor Summary: Info on using a normal TV with 80 cols. Message-ID: <16@tygra.UUCP> Date: 16 Feb 90 22:47:14 GMT References: <90046.232212BSJ100@psuvm.psu.edu> Organization: CAT-TALK Conferencing Network, Detroit, MI Lines: 26 In article <90046.232212BSJ100@psuvm.psu.edu>, BSJ100@psuvm.psu.edu (Broderick S. Jolley) writes: > I have heard from friends that it is possible to use your television set as a > 80-column monitor. Is that true? If so, how? He said he wasn't sure, but it had There is a way to hook a normal TV up to a commodore 128 in 80 col mode. First of all, you need to buy a RF modulator from some place like Radio Shack ( they usually run for around 25 bucks). Then you need to connect a cable with a RCA jack at one end to the ground and monochrome pins on your commodore 128's RGBI connector. You plug the RCA jack into the RF mod, and connect the RF out on the modulator to your TV, just like a normal antenna or VCR. Depending on the quality of your TV, the 80 col text can look pretty good. I had a 12" panasonic tv that it looked pretty good on, but not as good as the Magnavox 80 col that I'm using now. Also, all you will get color wise is black, white, and shades of grey, but it's looks better with Geos 128 in the 80 col mode with a TV than it does in the 40 col mode with a TV. Sean Burke. Cat-Talk Conferencing system, PRYS BBS (216) 564-7797 a.k.a. Whiz Kid -- = CAT-TALK Conferencing Network, Prototype Computer Conferencing System = - 1-800-825-3069, 300/1200/2400/9600 baud, 8/N/1. New users use 'new' - = as a login id. <>> = E-MAIL Address: wbks%tygra.uucp@sharkey.cc.umich.edu