Re: Video on GS RGB Montior?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5e8i4p$nqs@News.Dal.Ca>,
Michael Hackett <at217@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:
>Ah, that reminds me, I know you need to put the VOC in slot 3 to get
>the overlay capability (at least on a ROM 1; not sure about a ROM 3),
>however, would this still be necessary if all you wanted to do was
>use the RGB monitor as a dedicated video display? I've already got a
>Second Sight in slot 3, but I'm using a VGA monitor, so the RGB could
>be dedicated to the VOC video. Just curious.

   Correct, the GS ROM 00/01 motherboard only has a needed signal for
the VOC and SS to slot 3, thanks to some less-than-inspired design
decisions out of Apple. Apparently, you can run a wire from the right
pin on slot 3 over to that pin of another slot to get both a SS and
VOC running in that kind of setup, but I don't know which pin offhand.

   I've never tried my VOC in some other slot of my ROM 01 to see if
it can still be controlled, but if the signal is needed, the VOC may
continually try and swap between GS video modes, which would not be
happy.

   Apple got a little less braindead in the design of the ROM 3 (where
you can use slots 1-6 if I remember correctly), but motherboard swaps
can either be unavailable or not desired sometimes. 

Nathan Mates
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