hadden@ella.SRC.Honeywell.COM (George D. Hadden) (05/16/89)
is this possible?
why would anyone want to do this? well, i used to have a commodore 64
with a color monitor. i bought a tv-tuner so that i could use it as a
tv. i then gave the computer and monitor to my daughter to use at
school. she didn't want the tuner. now i have a toshiba 1100+ and a
cga monitor and would like them to play together. do adapters for
this exist?
thanks for the help.
-geo
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UUCP: {umn-cs, ems, bthpyd}!srcsip!haddenbrown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot) (05/17/89)
In article <22044@srcsip.UUCP> hadden@ella.SRC.Honeywell.COM (George D. Hadden) writes:
<is this possible?
<
<why would anyone want to do this? well, i used to have a commodore 64
<with a color monitor. i bought a tv-tuner so that i could use it as a
<tv. i then gave the computer and monitor to my daughter to use at
<school. she didn't want the tuner. now i have a toshiba 1100+ and a
<cga monitor and would like them to play together. do adapters for
<this exist?
CGA monitors are digital and TV is an analog medium, which makes them
mutually exclusive. If you want to watch TV with a maximum is 16 colors,
so be it.
The only computer monitor that can be used as a TV monitor is an analog one,
like VGA monitors (EGA is also digital, but 64 colors). To use a VGA monitor,
the monitor MUST have a composite video input or you MUST have a NTSC to
RGBrgb converter.
In other words, no, you can't use your CGA monitor as a TV monitor.
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ARPA/INTERNET: brown%astroatc.UUCP@spool.cs.wisc.edurandy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) (05/17/89)
In article <1915@astroatc.UUCP> brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
*CGA monitors are digital and TV is an analog medium, which makes them
*mutually exclusive.
*The only computer monitor that can be used as a TV monitor is an analog one,
*In other words, no, you can't use your CGA monitor as a TV monitor.
*Vidiot ucbvax!uwvax..........!astroatc!brown
Well, actually there is another possibility. There are a number
of companies that make combo rgb/composit/TV units. I have
a couple made by Sears that work quite well. It is basically
a 13 inch TV with a front panel switch to go from TV, to rgb,
to composit input. It has a green screen button, and another
that compresses the screen in the vertical direction about 20%.
Makes cga text easier on the eyes. It has pretty decent resolution
and is impressive at 640X200 16 color EGA mode. Great thing
is the price was less than $200!
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randy@chinet.chi.il.usjbudet@oakhill.UUCP (jim budet) (05/17/89)
>In other words, no, you can't use your CGA monitor as a TV monitor.
I have a Radio Shack monochrome composite CGA monitor and a Magnavox
RGBI/composite CGA monitor that I have used as a TV monitor with my
VCR. The monochrome worked OK. I primarily use it as a monitor when I
record programs on my VCR. The contrast was hard to get right. The
Magnavox supported RGBI, composite and had a switch for TV mode.
Though I could never tell the difference when the sitch was on or off.
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===============================================================================brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot) (05/18/89)
In article <1915@astroatc.UUCP> brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot) writes: <In article <22044@srcsip.UUCP> hadden@ella.SRC.Honeywell.COM (George D. Hadden) writes: <<is this possible? << <<why would anyone want to do this? well, i used to have a commodore 64 <<with a color monitor. i bought a tv-tuner so that i could use it as a <<tv. i then gave the computer and monitor to my daughter to use at <<school. she didn't want the tuner. now i have a toshiba 1100+ and a <<cga monitor and would like them to play together. do adapters for <<this exist? < <CGA monitors are digital and TV is an analog medium, which makes them <mutually exclusive. If you want to watch TV with a maximum is 16 colors, <so be it. < <The only computer monitor that can be used as a TV monitor is an analog one, <like VGA monitors (EGA is also digital, but 64 colors). To use a VGA monitor, <the monitor MUST have a composite video input or you MUST have a NTSC to <RGBrgb converter. < <In other words, no, you can't use your CGA monitor as a TV monitor. It has come to my attention that there are some CGA monitors with composite video input and well as the DB-9 TTL input. OK, so I have never seen one. So, a clarification is needed, since the poster didn't say if it had a composite video input or not. I suspect not, since the poster would have seen the connecter and tried the tuner with it. If your CGA monitor only has the DB-9 connector, it is a digital monitor only and cannot be used with analog video information. If the CGA monitor has the DB-9 and RCA composite video connectors, hook up the tuner to the RCA connector and set a switch someplace for that input and you will be in business. Sorry about the confusion, but I really do suspect that because the original poster only saw a DB-9 connector, the question got asked of the net. -- harvard\ att!nicmad\ Vidiot ucbvax!uwvax..........!astroatc!brown rutgers/ decvax!nicmad/ ARPA/INTERNET: brown%astroatc.UUCP@spool.cs.wisc.edu
marc@rna.UUCP (Marc Johnson) (05/18/89)
In article <8471@chinet.chi.il.us> randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) writes: >In article <1915@astroatc.UUCP> brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot) writes: ]] *CGA monitors are digital and TV is an analog medium, which makes them ]] *mutually exclusive. ]] *The only computer monitor that can be used as a TV monitor is an analog one, ]] *In other words, no, you can't use your CGA monitor as a TV monitor. ]] *Vidiot ucbvax!uwvax..........!astroatc!brown ]] ]] Well, actually there is another possibility. There are a number ]] of companies that make combo rgb/composit/TV units. I have ]] a couple made by Sears that work quite well. It is basically ]] a 13 inch TV with a front panel switch to go from TV, to rgb, ]] to composit input. It has a green screen button, and another ]] that compresses the screen in the vertical direction about 20%. ]] Makes cga text easier on the eyes. It has pretty decent resolution ]] and is impressive at 640X200 16 color EGA mode. Great thing ]] is the price was less than $200! ]] ]] -- ]] Randy Suess ]] randy@chinet.chi.il.us Randy, Have you got a model number for the Sears monitor you mention? Sounds like a real boon! Please post or e-mail. Thanx. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= = Marc Johnson BITNET: rna!marc@rockvax.bitnet = = Rockefeller Univ. Neurobiology UUCP: ...cmcl2!rna!marc = = New York City INTERNET: marc%rna@rocky2.rockefeller.edu = = (129.85.2.1) = = = = "Gimme the beat boys and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your rock & roll = = ...and drift away" = =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) (05/22/89)
[In article <8471@chinet.chi.il.us> randy@chinet.chi.il.us (me) Suess) writes:
[]] Well, actually there is another possibility. There are a number
[]] of companies that make combo rgb/composit/TV units. I have
[]] a couple made by Sears that work quite well.
[
[Randy, Have you got a model number for the Sears monitor you mention? Sounds
[= Marc Johnson BITNET: rna!marc@rockvax.bitnet =
[= Rockefeller Univ. Neurobiology UUCP: ...cmcl2!rna!marc =
Well, mine says "TV MONITOR - TOTAL VIDEO SYSTEM" model # 21353.
There has been at least one update to this model since I bought
mine, mainly slimming the case and coloring it black.
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