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Title: Amiga 1000 w/1080 Monitor - Cable?
Post by: Orphan264 on December 04, 2002, 08:50:20 PM

I recently acquired a used Amiga 1000 with a 1080 monitor. No monitor cable was included. I can connect the two using standard RCA video (composite) cable and I get a decent quality picture.  I know the 1080 monitor supports many different kinds of connections... which is the best? I want to locate a cable to use the best connection, but I don't know what to look for. Any help would be appreciated!

Title: Re: Amiga 1000 w/1080 Monitor - Cable?
Post by: on December 04, 2002, 08:58:41 PM

I recently ran across one on ebay. http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&krd=1&from=R8&MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&query=Amiga+Cable www.centsible.com may also have one.

Title: Re: Amiga 1000 w/1080 Monitor - Cable?
Post by: Ilwrath on December 04, 2002, 09:02:29 PM

Hmm...  I had forgotten what the 1080 monitor was.  A quick google says it's just an early version of the 1084, so a 1084 Amiga monitor cable would be your best quality picture.  (And should be quite a bit better than composite)

I don't have a 1084 handy, but I think they used a 9-pin Sub-D connector.  (Looks like a joystick or 9 pin serial port)  So, the C= 23 -> 9 pin cable should be the ticket.

Title: Re: Amiga 1000 w/1080 Monitor - Cable?
Post by: Orphan264 on December 04, 2002, 09:20:56 PM

Great! Thanks for the all the help!