Re: Problem Using a Commodore 1084s Monitor on a IIgs

[Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Jan 25, 12:02 am, "Jeff Blakeney"
<jeff.blake...@a2central.com.remove-sd5-this> wrote:
> Sorry I haven't jumped in sooner but I fell behind on my newsgroup
> reading this week.  If I remember correctly, I had added the 75 Ohm
> resistor to try to match the termination expected by the 1084S.  After
> posting about my wiring someone else mentioned that they either didn't
> need it for theirs or didn't think it was required and sure enough, my
> current IIgs 1084S monitor cable no longer has a 75 Ohm resistor on it
> and it works fine.

Jeff, is the 1084S monitor you are using now the same monitor that you
had in the mid 90's? Here are the posts you made back then:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.apple2/browse_frm/thread/7e021bdc4bb6084f/1f87516c191f0291?lnk=gst&q=1084+75+Ohm#1f87516c191f0291

and

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.apple2/browse_frm/thread/6bf385766b2a38ac/44c4955e66b070e0?lnk=gst&q=1084+75+Ohm#44c4955e66b070e0


> By the way, my having a good rep around here depends a lot on who you
> are talking to.  :-)

Oh well, I think that's pretty much true for all of us.  All you can
really hope for is at least one person who thinks you know what you're
talking about... anything more than that is a bonus.  :-)

cheers,
Mike