Hello Folks:
This message is directed primarily to Clarence, a person with whom
I have diatribed and dissertated with on the subject of monochrome
and gray scale and color(?) monitors. He spoke of having a TTL
color monitor that is said to be monochrome, although it produces
a continuous gray-scale output. This all appears as some kind of
contradiction of terms to me, but not to him.
Well, guess what Clarence? Yesterday afternoon, while I was rummaging
through a storage garage full of some old computer hardware that I have
scrounged up over the years, I came across a very strange looking
monitor that I had picked up from somewhere along the way. On the front
of the case it says Mitsubishi and "color monitor". A data plate on the
back identifies it as a model AUM 1381 A, and manufactured in 1988.
Also there are a couple of I/O ports on the back. One says "TTL". The
other says "Analog". And there is also an array of five or six little
knobbies you can turn and adjust. Now I remember that this monitor is one
that I had just set aside a couple of years ago because I didn't know what
to do with it. I haven't the vaguest notion as to what kind of I/O card
I would need, nor do I know what kind of cable should be used, and I don't
know what would plug into where.
So I've got one too. I don't know what to do with mine, but I'm glad you
were able to figure out what you can do with yours.
I've never even plugged mine in yet. Do you have any suggestions as to
what else I might need in order to turn mine on. I want mine too to be
able to do all the marvellous things that yours does.
All the best,
Sam Heywood
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