Re: Question, PC Transporter...again

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labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth) wrote:

>Hey, I was looking at my PCT card again and noticed some things I'd ask
>questions about, since I have no manual and such...besides, everyone's
>been so helpful so far...
>on the rear of the card, there is a 40-pin empty socket...what option or
>upgrade utilized this? an optional z80, or...?

That's for the math co-processor.  Just plug in an 8087, boot
the PCT, enter its control panel, configure it to use the 8087,
and you are done.

>next to the keyboard and modulator connections, there is a 5-pin
>connector, what is this for? There is also a 20-pin plug to attach a cable
>of some kind to as well. Which of these is where the ColorSwitch attached?
>(Not that I have one, though I would quite like one) and which is for the
>CGA-out cable? I was under the impression the CGA out would be 2 pins. Or
>am I supposed to attach the CGA out to the pins that are coming out to the
>modulator?

Both CGA and ColorSwitch video connect to J6, the plug
that's on the upper right hand corner of the card.
The ColorSwitch board simply takes the CGA video and
converts it into analog RGB so that it works with the
AppleColor RGB monitor.  If you got a CGA monitor,
you can just plug it into this connector (with the right cable).

The two pin connector at J2 is for COMPOSITE VIDEO.
That's the same kind of monitor the IIe uses.  This is
probably the best bet...hook up a IIe monitor to the PCT
and you can run the PCT on your IIGS without a
ColorSwitch card.

J2 is located near the top of the card and half way
between the center and the right edge of the card.