| Title: | Atari ST, TT, & Falcon |
| Notice: | Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting! |
| Moderator: | FUNYET::ANDERSON |
| Created: | Mon Apr 04 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue May 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1433 |
| Total number of notes: | 10312 |
Hi, I have one of the very first 1040STs ever shipped. It's got a mono monitor attached. However, these STs did not have a TV socket at the back like the current ones. My problem is, I want to give the ST to my Nephew to play games on for Christmass. Unfortunately most of the games round here only work in colour. I seem to remember that there was some kit you could buy to connect the old ST to an ordinary TV screen. Does anyone know anything about it? I know about the colour software emulators that you can get for the mono monitors, but I'd prefer not to go down that path. Failing all else, can someone recommend some good B&W games? A good cheap colour monitor? Any help appreciated. There's only a few days left. I don't think he'll appreciate learning how to program in C over the holidays. He's only 7. John
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| 1342.1 | some points... | BRSTR1::PIGEON | Alpha = (YB)^2 | Wed Dec 23 1992 08:31 | 34 |
Hi,
Not sure if you live in US or UK or anywhere else...
In europe many TV sets are provided with a connector known as
SCART, PERITEL or EUROCONNECTOR. If your TV has such a thing
it is often possible to connect it to the 1040 with a SCART cable.
The 1040ST video connector use a special DIN plug, and has RGB
signals for colors, horizontal and vertical SYNC, sound , and
Luminance for Hires mode. Pin 2 is special, it has either
- nothing on very old 1040 ST
- composite sync (Hor + Ver) on subsequent 1040 without RF
modulators
- video composite only on 1040 ST with modulators
Hence as you have no RF output (TV) you will have to use an RGB monitor
only. Monitors for PC's are TTL (not compatible) and old monitors
for game machines or old 8 bits systems were often provided with a video
composite connector.
So what's your best solution ?
In some shop, you may find some RF modulators specially made for the
ATARI, this would solve all problems at once. Pay attention to the
sound connection however.
There are many notes about this problem in this conference.
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| 1342.2 | GALVIA::JJOYCE | Wed Dec 23 1992 10:54 | 10 | ||
Thanks for the info. I remember now that there was talk of RF modulators for Ataris when I used to use mine. It sounds like the best solution alright. It'll probably be difficult to get one now. I live in Ireland which has the same TV types as the UK. I had looked in the conference for similar topics, must have used the wrong search criteria. Anyhow, thanks for your help. John | |||||
| 1342.3 | UPROAR::EVANSG | Gwyn Evans @ IME - Open DECtrade -> DTN 769-8108 | Wed Dec 30 1992 11:12 | 10 | |
John,
The simplest way will be to see if the TV that it'll be used with
has a SCART interface (something like below) as it should be relatively
easy to locate a ST => SCART cable as compared to locating a modulator.
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| 1342.4 | SCART interface | GALVIA::JJOYCE | Mon Jan 04 1993 12:11 | 5 | |
The TV is a bit old for a SCART interface. I guess I should buy some new equipment. Thanks at any rate. Seems like a good idea. J | |||||