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#170x monitor tip!
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If you, like me are using your trusty 170x monitor with your amiga, I have
news!
First, the 5-pin jack to luma and Comp. to Chroma trick WORKS LIKE A CHARM!!
Second, regardless of the position of the rear switch, BOTH audio jacks are
ALWAYS ON. SO get 2 RCA cords, one connected to the rear Audio input and one
to the front.
No need to shell out $3 for a Y-connector.
Wayne….didn't I tell ya long ago that the 170x monitor was capable of
perfectly good 80 cols if wired up using both the 5-pin to luma and the
composite jack to chroma? A friend of mine who works on electronic gizmos at
a hospital came over early during my Amiga adventures (3 mos ago or so) and
said "hmmm…lets mess with these cords/connectors/plugs back here and see if
we can get cleaner 80 cols…" and sure enough, through experimentation and
persistance, we stumbled on that working combination.
No, it's not a crystal clean razor sharp 80 cols with a solid pure background
like you'd get with the 1080/1070, etc, but it's a cleaner 80 cols than I
EVER say come out of a C64 into the monitor with or without hardware add on
boards, etc. I usually run my preferences for term programs with black or
very dar k gray text on a medium gray/lite gray background, with the standard
orange cursor, and just flip the door on the 1701 down and crank down the
color a bit, and it looks fantastic! The letters are MUCH sharper than the
default white over blue!
Anywhooo, this is a good way for someone (like me) who doesn't want to shuck
out an additional $500 for an RGB tube to get perfectly decent video in 80
cols on the good ol' CBM 170x monitor. (And, arguments to the contrary, the
1701 is DEFINITELY a cleaner picture than the 1702!) Regds
Wayne….didn't I tell ya long ago that the 170x monitor was capable of
perfectly good 80 cols if wired up using both the 5-pin to luma and the
composite jack to chroma? A friend of mine who works on electronic gizmos at
a hospital came over early during my Amiga adventures (3 mos ago or so) and
said "hmmm…lets mess with these cords/connectors/plugs back here and see if
we can get cleaner 80 cols…" and sure enough, through experimentation and
persistance, we stumbled on that working combination.
No, it's not a crystal clean razor sharp 80 cols with a solid pure background
like you'd get with the 1080/1070, etc, but it's a cleaner 80 cols than I
EVER say come out of a C64 into the monitor with or without hardware add on
boards, etc. I usually run my preferences for term programs with black or
very dar k gray text on a medium gray/lite gray background, with the standard
orange cursor, and just flip the door on the 1701 down and crank down the
color a bit, and it looks fantastic! The letters are MUCH sharper than the
default white over blue!
Anywhooo, this is a good way for someone (like me) who doesn't want to shuck
out an additional $500 for an RGB tube to get perfectly decent video in 80
cols on the good ol' CBM 170x monitor. (And, arguments to the contrary, the
1701 is DEFINITELY a cleaner picture than the 1702!) Regds