kgreer@x102a.harris-atd.com (greer kl 01472) (12/18/90)
Hello. I have an old PCjr video monitor that I want to hook up to a standard CGA video card. The problem is that the monitor cable has some seemingly non-standard rectangular-shaped connector and I do not have the pinouts. First of all, can this be done? I presume I can cut off the PCjr connector from the cable and solder on a standard 9pin. However, I need to find the pinouts of the monitor cable first. Can anyone out there offer some advice? Even better, would someone happen to know the PCjr monitor pinouts? Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. E-mail would be fine. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Kerry L. Greer Harris Corporation - GASD INTERNET: kgreer@x102a.ess.harris.com P.O. Box 94000 UUCP : uunet!x102a!kgreer Melbourne, FL 32902 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
jjhoxsey@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Skyfire) (12/18/90)
In article <KGREER.90Dec17143258@x102a.harris-atd.com> kgreer@x102a.harris-atd.com (greer kl 01472) writes: > > Hello. I have an old PCjr video monitor that I want to hook up to a >standard CGA video card. The problem is that the monitor cable has some >seemingly non-standard rectangular-shaped connector and I do not have the >pinouts. First of all, are you sure you want to do this? The PCjr uses MCGA, which is, as you probably know, a little more than CGA. The PCjr is already fully compatible with CGA. > First of all, can this be done? I presume I can cut off the PCjr >connector from the cable and solder on a standard 9pin. However, I need to >find the pinouts of the monitor cable first. Can anyone out there offer some >advice? Even better, would someone happen to know the PCjr monitor pinouts? > Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Of course, you can always check the "IBM PCjr Technical Reference Manual," but I can't remember them at the moment. If you don't have a PCjr, and just the monitor, remember that the PCjr's monitor is a color composite (I don't know if this makes any difference, but I seem to recall that some programs wouldn't work on my jr just because it was a color composite and not some other type). Hope this helps... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "It's a tradition at the Letterman house | jjhoxsey@vela.acs.oakland.edu to have the annual swan dinner...and you | jjhoxsey@oakland (Bitnet) know, it's so much fun to watch the kids | uunet!umich!vela!jjhoxsey (UUCP) fight over the neck..." | -David Letterman | Hardware Support @ Oakland Univ. | Jim Hoxsey (A.K.A. Skyfire) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-