CD32 floppy drive to 1084S monitor

[Astral]

Hi All - I've just got myself an Analogic/Wall St institute floppy disk drive for the CD32. It is a great little device!

With it I also got a cable that goes from the DB15 (VGA?) on the back of the unit to a SCART connection on the other end. Problem is, my 1084s has the standard 9-pin input. The other option is to use the A/V inputs the picture isn't that great.

My question is, does anyone know of a SCART to 1084s 9-pin adaptor that is available, or the pinouts to make my own cable from the DB15 to the 9-pin socket?

[Tension]

Sorry to disappoint but that's not a Video port.

[tasmanian guy]

I've heard that particular port is for video (I could be wrong) but I'm pretty sure I read it here on the forums.
 
Quote from someone else on a different forum
 
Damn, no one bet.

Anyhow it is confirmed, it is an RGB socket and I am sure it WAS supposed to be a high-density 15-pin D-sub (VGA).

Analogic will sell you the cable with the unit for an extra £15 on top. Or you can make your own

What is more fascinating is that these were designed and built by the same guy who created the BoXer and the Access, Mick Tinker for the Wall Street Institute and hence the name CD32fWSI.

[Tension]

I've heard that particular port is for video (I could be wrong) but I'm pretty sure I read it here on the forums.
 
Quote from someone else on a different forum
 
Damn, no one bet.

Anyhow it is confirmed, it is an RGB socket and I am sure it WAS supposed to be a high-density 15-pin D-sub (VGA).

Analogic will sell you the cable with the unit for an extra £15 on top. Or you can make your own

What is more fascinating is that these were designed and built by the same guy who created the BoXer and the Access, Mick Tinker for the Wall Street Institute and hence the name CD32fWSI.

Excellent!!  

[rkauer]

If your CD32 is not an European unit (those have SCART plug), the unit will have a S-VHS port.

 most 1084S have the luma/chroma inputs on the back (separated, in two RCA sockets). That's just a matter of making your own S-VHS cable.

 Worst than true RGB, but miles better than composite.

[kickstart]

European cd32 havent scart, just have composite video, svhs and the hi-quality rf.

You can make easily a clable from the wsi db15 rgb to 1084 db9, but wsi causes many bugs in some cd32 games, pad becomes monobutton, at least on my cd32 with wsi plug.

[smf]

Please stop calling it svhs. it's s-video!

[tasmanian guy]

Please stop calling it svhs. it's s-video!

I think you guys are missing the point of the thread, that the connection is for video or not, not whether the CD32 has scart, etc.
 
The cable is available from Analogic.

[kickstart]

@smf

Yes, is separate video, name it svhs is a bad habit.

[tone007]

Please stop calling it svhs. it's s-video!

That always bugs me too.

[Jope]

Wow, what a quality thread, you guys. ;-)

Is this perhaps the same floppy drive expansion the original poster has?
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=33303

[tasmanian guy]

Wow, what a quality thread, you guys. ;-)
 
Is this perhaps the same floppy drive expansion the original poster has?
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=33303

Yes it is, since up on top of the floppy drive it says ANALOGIC and that is the thread that I quoted from about the port being used for video and that Analogic can supply a cable for it.

[Tension]

@smf

Yes, is separate video, name it svhs is a bad habit.

I always thought it was related to the S-VHS standard of VCRs.  S-VHS had a higher resolution, but you needed a S-VHS port to utilize the better resolution.

Not sure though  :s

[DyLucke]

The WSI device makes some CD32 games not to boot on my CD32, it seems it
eats some RAM, so certain games like Super Stardust won't boot at all.

It's a pity. At the same time i've found the WSI won't make the CD32 a fully A1200
compatible device. Some floppy A1200 games won't work either.

This device is cetainly useful, and provides an average A1200 floppy compatibility,
but... IT SHOULD HAD A FARGING SWITCH TO TURN IT OFF.

However, is there any way to replace the RTC card into the WSI for some kind
of hand-made RAM-IDE card?

Cheers.

[kickstart]

@tension

Many people called ir svhs for unknow reason (including me sometimes) but vhs and svhs videos have scart and scart have more quality than s-video.

@dylucke

On my cd32 super stardust boot but just work the directional buttons and red button on the pad.