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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: SaMiga on March 05, 2009, 08:36:20 AM

Title: Amiga 25 pin Video out
Post by: SaMiga on March 05, 2009, 08:36:20 AM: Hello Fellow Amigans.

I have a hardware question about a A500 with a 25 pin Video out, though i never heard of a 25 pin out, i was wondering, if any of U ever heard of it ??

Kindly regards SDH, Denmark, member of www.amiga.dk
Title: Re: Amiga 25 pin Video out
Post by: Ruud on March 05, 2009, 10:49:28 AM: Never heard of such a thing before. Do you have an RF modulator that fits it?
Title: Re: Amiga 25 pin Video out
Post by: PaSha on March 05, 2009, 10:56:36 AM: The 23 pin video/RGB port is commonly mistaken to be 25 pins.

http://www.hardwarebook.info/Amiga_Video
Title: Re: Amiga 25 pin Video out
Post by: skurk on March 05, 2009, 12:09:25 PM: I saw your post on Amiga.dk, and as PaSha states, it's a 23 pin connector, not 25 pin.

I guess your next question would be something in the lines of "how do I connect it to a monitor", and to save you the efforts, I'll say "you can't" and explain that the modern monitors don't sync down to 15kHz, so you'll have to use a TV and suggest the scart adapter at the local dealer (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=211).
Title: Re: Amiga 25 pin Video out
Post by: doctorq on March 05, 2009, 12:29:08 PM: @skurk

I guess you haven't looked at the picture at amiga.dk then. The computer in question actually has a female 25 pins connector instead of the normal male 23 pins connector.

No doubt that it's a modification made by one of the previous owners.
Title: Re: Amiga 25 pin Video out
Post by: skurk on March 05, 2009, 02:07:23 PM: I'll be damned, I can't even count. Nevermind me then :)
Title: Re: Amiga 25 pin Video out
Post by: Daedalus on March 05, 2009, 03:44:37 PM: Wow! My guess is the original connector was damaged and the owner found it impossible to find a replacement, and so subbed in a 25-pin instead. It certainly isn't standard! If you open the case you might find that 2 pins at one end have just been left out.
Title: Re: Amiga 25 pin Video out
Post by: Zac67 on March 05, 2009, 05:42:32 PM: Too bad male/female got reversed, otherwise you could've just plugged in the standard 23 pin connector (correctly oriented!).
Title: Re: Amiga 25 pin Video out
Post by: SaMiga on March 06, 2009, 07:40:18 AM: curiossity killed the cat ??
I think it's a MOD.
Title: Re: Amiga 25 pin Video out
Post by: murple on March 06, 2009, 07:49:54 AM: Quote

Daedalus wrote:
Wow! My guess is the original connector was damaged and the owner found it impossible to find a replacement, and so subbed in a 25-pin instead. It certainly isn't standard! If you open the case you might find that 2 pins at one end have just been left out.

This is very much what I'd guess as well. I've seen lots of weird Amiga hardware (in person or in pictures) and I've never seen a 25 pin video connector on one. Open it and look inside for signs of it being a later modification (2 unused pins on one of the sides, signs of the plastic case being cut to widen it, etc). If somehow it really is an original 25 pin video connector, you're on your own figuring out how it works haha.