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From: kerchen@muztag.ucdavis.edu (Paul Kerchen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Wanted, help offered, long overdue reply.
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Date: 13 Mar 90 04:50:14 GMT
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In article <3764@plains.UUCP> blee@plains.UUCP (Blaine Lee CME4FUN! ) writes:

>First of all: I need a moniter cable from a dead monitor.
>I am building the RGB->composite converter with the instructions from
>Anees Munshi (ver 1.0) does anyone have any hints/tips for me?
>One tip that would REALY help is how to order the MC1377 chip, I
>haven't found anywhere (read that 'even Motorola') that can get the
>right order number...
>

I suggest that you check out the Nov. 1988 (?) issue of Radio
Electronics.  It's got an article on building an RGB-to-NTSC converter
and it talks specifically about using it with the ST (as well as IBM).  
If you can't find this issue (and note that I'm not sure about the 
issue date--the issue was around that time) I can send you  a
photocopy of the article.  There are a few errors in the ST monitor
pinout, but other than that it's pretty good.  The author also offers
a kit which supposedly contains all the parts necessary for the ST
version of the converter (including the monitor connector) but some 
of them (the monitor connector and delay line) weren't included 
in the kit which I recieved.  So, beware if you choose that route;  
I'm still fighting to get those parts.
The kit costs something like $35, plus a few bucks for postage. 
Otherwise, getting some of the parts, like the MC1377, can be
a real pain in the pooper (but, I suppose you already know this).  
I hope this helps.



Paul Kerchen				kerchen@kongur.ucdavis.edu
					kerchen@iris.ucdavis.edu