Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
>
> 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.
Hi Sam;
I'm almost at a loss for words here. I don't really want to start an argument
or re-hash my previous posts in all their glory, but it seems I must comment.
I never said I had a COLOR TTL monitor.
I have said I have MONOCHROME monitors - many TTL ones and one VGA one.
Two of my TTL monitors have amber phosphors and two have white phosphors.
My VGA monitor has a white phosphor.
If you read my post as saying I had a color monochrome monitor I can see why
you might think it was a contradiction in terms. <G>
> 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.
Well, that monitor is certainly fancier than anything I have. I would suspect
that all you might need would be a VGA extension cable to run it in VGA (analog)
mode - but that depends on the conectors you found.
Tell me, does the TTL connector have 9 pin positions in two rows (4 and 5) with
possibly only 6 positions used ? (Pins NOT sockets)
And the Analog connector has 15 pin positions in three rows (5,5 and 5) with
only maybe 11 in use ? (Again, pins NOT sockets)
If either or both are the case (unused position count not important) then the
extension cable is the way to go - but you will have a hard time finding a TTL
extension cable these days. If you do, then you will also need a Hercules card.
I hope all the knobbies are labeled. <g>
Good luck.
- Clarence Verge
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