cybervision64 video in cable

[djkoelkast]

Hi all,

After a while I tried to fire up my A4000 again as I now have room for it, but un fortunatly the cybervision was once soldered and had a small flat cable to the motherboard pins in order to display normal monitor graphics and cybervision graphics through 1 monitor, but the connections are loose now.

I know there used to be a cable from the A4000 RGB port to the VIDEO IN port of the cybervision, but I don't have it!

Does anybody know how to become such a cable? Or is there anybody around who can make such a cable?

Now I can't do anything on the VGA monitor as I don't have the cable. Please help me out on this!

[InTheSand]

Hi,

On my A3000, its video output is connected to the Cybervision 64's video input via a standard VGA cable (15-pin male D-sub at each end).

Since the A4000 doesn't have a 15-pin output, you'll need a 23-pin to 15-pin converter (such as this), plus a 15-pin male to 15-pin male VGA lead available from any electronics store.

Note that unless you have a multi-sync monitor, the 15KHz Amiga modes will not be displayed as the CV64 doesn't have a scan-doubler.

 - Ali

[djkoelkast]

It has a flickerfixer and scandoubler and I do have a multisync monitor, I used it until the wires inside broke off (when upgraded memory a lot of times).

Unfortunatly I'm not much of a soldering hero and I also don't know which wire should go where (there are 3 or 4 wires loose I guess)

I'll look for such a converter here in the Netherlands as the converter you give is quite expensive.

[Macabre]

I have the same card in my a4000, and i'm using an external blit-fixer/scan doubler. i bought this one at www.compcity.nl --service is realy slowwwwwwww--- but you could also try vesaille (germany).

By the way, was everything solderd from the RGB pins to youre cyber vision card ??

By the way, if an scandoubler is installed, you can simply use an amiga --> vga adapter and connect it from amiga video to the input socked of youre Cybervision.

[djkoelkast]

computercity is too expensive, it ain't as the good old days

on the cybervision itself there was a cable soldered and connected to the motherboard. This is all I kow as I didn't do it myself, I bought this A4000 much like it is now (except for the memory, I upgraded it).

So the soldering is on de card and inside the Amiga, so an Amiga > VGA adapter would do I guess, but is there a possibility to find it any cheaper than 20 euro's?

[InTheSand]

djkoelkast wrote:
an Amiga > VGA adapter would do I guess, but is there a possibility to find it any cheaper than 20 euro's?

Probably not too likely as those 23-pin D-plugs are very difficult to find these days.

You could try eBay and get one second-hand...

 - Ali

[Brian]

The CV64 doesn't have a scandoubler, just passthrough so will only work with Amiga video if you have a multisync monitor aswell. However to connect it is pritty simple, get hold of a AmigaVGA adaptor and then a small VGA cable (I use one from an old Voodoo2 card), works well.

[Framiga]

Hi djkoelkast

if you are not enough skilled with soldering, you have only 2 choises:

purchase one new from AmigaKit or ComputerCity or used on ebay.

Remember that all Amiga specific/custom accessories are quite expensive (not so much in this case beeing rare) and above all, that if you fail to make the soldering job, you'll "fry" your (expensive as well) SD/FF&Co.