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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Garyed40 on June 25, 2004, 05:45:13 AM

Title: Hi all need help
Post by: Garyed40 on June 25, 2004, 05:45:13 AM

I just bought a A500 off Ebay and a 1902 monitor but no video cable was included. Does the 1902 use the same cable as the 1084 or slightly different? I need to know which cable to get

Former Amiga owner returning So I need lots of help putting my system back together.

thanks guys

Gary

Title: Re: Hi all need help
Post by: BoingBoss on June 25, 2004, 06:15:48 AM

The 1084 monitor uses a round 6-pin DIN plug.  You could make your own monitor cable.  The Amiga uses the following signals: V-Sync, H-Sync, Red, Green, Blue, and Ground.  The Atari ST computers use the same six signals too.

Title: Re: Hi all need help
Post by: Garyed40 on June 26, 2004, 08:36:51 AM

Hi

I need to know what cable is needed for a 1902A to attach to a A500.

Gary

Title: Re: Hi all need help
Post by: elendil on June 26, 2004, 09:41:43 AM

Hm.

My (friend's) 1084 uses regular vga plugs if I'm not mistaken. It certainly doesn't use din plugs, at least :)

Sincerely,

-Kenneth Straarup.

Title: Re: Hi all need help
Post by: BoingBoss on June 26, 2004, 11:15:23 AM

Some 1084 monitors did use a 9-pin D connector, but the norm is the 6-pin DIN connector.  Both my 1084 and my 1084S Amiga / Atari ST monitors have 6-pin DIN video input connectors (yes, the 1084 monitor can be used with an Atari ST computer).

Title: Re: Hi all need help
Post by: JimS on June 26, 2004, 02:34:37 PM

THe 1902 monitor is a digital RGBI. If you use it on the Amiga, you'll only get 16 colors-- unless you use a RGB to composite adapter like the A520 and the composite input on the monitor. This will look crappy..

Title: Re: Hi all need help
Post by: elendil on June 26, 2004, 03:42:18 PM

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BoingBoss wrote:
Some 1084 monitors did use a 9-pin D connector, but the norm is the 6-pin DIN connector.  Both my 1084 and my 1084S Amiga / Atari ST monitors have 6-pin DIN video input connectors (yes, the 1084 monitor can be used with an Atari ST computer).

Roger. Thanks for explaining.

Sincerely,

-Kenneth Straarup.

Title: Re: Hi all need help
Post by: Ross_Geller on June 26, 2004, 11:57:00 PM

After a bit of hunting on the net, I found this site: Hard To Find Schematics For Commodore Hardware (http://staff.washington.edu/rrcc/), which has a link for the 1902A schematics (http://staff.washington.edu/rrcc/uwweb/1902A/), along with a little readme about its video pinouts, that says:

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This NTSC monitor was made by Philips (NAP) and is very similar to the 1084.It has an 8 pin DIN for digital (TTL) RGBI, RCA jacks for composite video and
audio, and a 6 pin DIN for split (Y/C) video and audio inputs.

Just thought it might come in handy...

Title: Re: Hi all need help
Post by: weirdami on June 27, 2004, 04:13:12 AM

I hope I have what you're looking for. (http://geocities.com/cablepics/) I can't tell you which one you need, but if you can find out, and I have it, I'll sell it to you.

Title: Re: Hi all need help
Post by: Garyed40 on July 26, 2004, 10:25:15 AM

Thanks Guys

You all are the greatest

Gary