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

[Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Jan 23, 10:31 am, Linards Ticmanis <ticma...@gmx.de> wrote:
> Polymorph wrote:
> > One thing I should note is that just about everywhere lists the 1084
> > monitors D-9 RGB connector as being female, however in the monitor I
> > have it is male. Consequently, my cable has a female D-9 socket. I
> > have made the assumption that the wiring would still be the same (i.e.
> > pin 1 mentioned in the A2 FAQ is pin 1 on my monitor). This seems to
> > be true as I do not think I would get the image that I am getting if
> > it were incorrect. It just seems to not be synching with the signal.
>
> There were a whole bunch of slightly different makes of 1084, and at
> least one version was *very* different from the others.
>
> You should maybe ask Ray Carlsen on comp.sys.cbm, who is the
> Internationally Accepted Guru (TM) for the finer points of Commodore
> harwadare connectors, and also a pretty nice guy. He also has or (had) a
> homepage somewhere with lots of info of that kind.

OK, thanks for the heads up. I'll see if I can get in contact with
him.

> If your 1084 is not a 1084S (the S has stereo speakers) and it has a
> covered hole on the back shaped like a SCART connector, the SCART is
> fairly easy to retrofit. Connections are already on the PCB and all you
> have to add besides the connector is something like two pieces of wire
> and two resistors, all marked on the board IIRC. You will probably need
> a schematic for this, though. The 1084S unfortunately uses the same area
> of the PCB for connecting its stereo amplifier board, so it's not as
> easy to convert to SCART as the plain 1084.

Mine is a 1084S, and there is no covered hole for a SCART connector.

Thanks,
Mike