Re: What is this Amdek card??

[Sterling <admin@ilc-it.net>]

On May 31, 8:32 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> Sterling wrote:
> > On May 30, 10:38 pm, srk...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> Sounds like the original apple IIe RGB card (which were a V7 design) -
> >> the round connector may have gone to a Kaga/Taxan style RGB display at
> >> one point. A couple of pictures would help a lot here I think.
>
> >> With a bit info, im sure we can figure out where that red cable needs
> >> to go. These cards produce a good picture on modern LCD displays with
> >> RGB style inputs, such as SCART.
>
> >> steve
>
> >> On May 31, 2:18 pm, Sterling <ad...@ilc-it.net> wrote:
>
> >>> I got it in an Apple IIE system I purchased of Ebay last week.
> >>> It has a jumper like header with a blue and red wire coming out that
> >>> clips on a couple of IC's I guess on the motherboard. Under the jumper
> >>> it says VIDEO-7 INC. There is a cable coming off of it leading to a 9-
> >>> D connector on the back.
> >>> I had to remove it after receiving because the Red wire lead was no
> >>> longer on anything and I have no idea where it was supposed to go. Not
> >>> that I have anything connected to the D9 connector anyways.
> >>> It did come with a very odd D9 to 8 ping connector that I've never
> >>> seen before. Looks almost industrial.
> >>> The search on the web had lots of stuff on the Amdek cards being
> >>> mostly for disk drives, but this may be different.
> >>> Any ideas??- Hide quoted text -
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > That sounds cool.
>
> > Right now I've got the Apple IIe connected through a cheap composite
> > to VGA converter to my Dell 17" LCD.
> > I must say the graphics loook great, but the text is really shifty and
> > hard to read.
>
> > It would be nice to find a cleaner way to get the video if possible.
>
> > Here is a picture of my card:http://rapidwave.net/amdek002.jpg
> > Any suggestions?
>
> That "industrial" connector is the mate to the original RGB connector
> on the back of the Amdek RGB monitor.
>
> -michael
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Ok, so I did some more searching on the internet given your
information and it appears in 1982-3 there was an AMDEK video solution
with a rather large card and a daughter card with an 8 pin output.
This card is much smaller, so maybe it's a newer generation?

Now what I need to know is if this card is all that is needed for RGB
output, and what monitor can I connect this special connector to?
Or is there another monitor I can connect directly to the D9 connector
from this card?

And where do the Blue and Red hooks hook onto the motherboard?