robc@uswat.uswest.com (Rob Cuthbertson) (04/03/90)
I just dug an old Visual 200 terminal out of the closet, and would like to have
it display on a small monitor. The terminal has a Phono jack on the back
marked as video out, but the display on that jack doesn't come up on my
external monitor. Thinking that my terminal had blown some component, I tried
the same setup with another motherboard, and got the same problem. The video
out looks like a picture with the "horizontal hold" mis-adjusted.
My question(s) is(are) this: Is this in fact a symptom of some fried
component, or do these terminals have a different idea of what a video
signal is supposed to look like? Since the same problem seems to happen on
two of the terminals, I assume that it is a common problem, so does anyone
know what component(s) need to be replaced?
It's a pretty sad terminal, but if I can use the video out jack, I can stash
the thing behind a desk and just put the keyboard and monitor in view. ;^)
Many thanks!
--Rob Cuthbertson,
robc@uswat.uswest.com
rob@snoopy.colorado.edu
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