[Coco] Re: Help using the Coco3 with a 1084S-D2 Monitor
Mark Marlette
mmarlett at isd.net
Wed Nov 12 04:18:00 EST 2003
At 02:46 AM 11/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Hank,
Didn't check all of your numbers...Sorry, start of another 18+ hour day.
The cables are available at
http://www.cloud9tech.com/Hardware/Video%20Cables.html
For the exact setup you are trying to do.
Regards,
Mark
Cloud-9
>Hello guys, Marty, Mark,
>
>I am hoping you can help me on this one........
>
>I just bought a Commodore 1084S monitor on Ebay to use with my Coco3. I
>wanted to replace my NEC 3Ds because the 1084S has composite mode, and
>audio. I did not know there were several model 1084S monitors until just
>now. Mine happens to be a 1084S-D2. I am getting a scrambled picture on
>the Coco3 with the cable I made. It looks as though there is no sync. I
>doubled checked the wiring. This is what I got.
>
> Coco3 1084S NEC 3Ds / Switch Box
> (10pin IDC) (DB9) (DB15HD)
>
>Gnd 1,2 1,2 4,5,10,11
>Red 3 3 1
>Green 4 4 2
>Blue 5 5 3
>Hsync 8 8 13
>Vsync 9 9 14
>
>The Coco3 and the 1084S just happen to work out to the same pin numbers I
>noticed. What am I doing wrong? Is the 1084S-D2 incompatible with the
>Coco3? I wired the Monitor thru a DB15HD swtich box so I could switch it
>between the Coco 3 and a Sony Playstation. The cable form the Playstaion
>outputs the same signals including the separate H and V syncs. (I made a
>circuit for that out of a LM1881 IC) When I switch over to the Playstaion
>though the same pins, and the picture on the 1084S is fantastic! Of course
>when the NEC 3Ds is hooked up to the switch box, both the Coco3 and the
>Playstation display a perfect picture.
>
>You guys have any ideas on this one?
>
>Hank
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