[Coco] Re: Help using the Coco3 with a 1084S-D2 Monitor

[Mark Marlette]

At 02:46 AM 11/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:

Hank,

Didn't check all of your numbers...Sorry, start of another 18+ hour day.

The cables are available at

http://www.cloud9tech.com/Hardware/Video%20Cables.html

For the exact setup you are trying to do.

Regards,

Mark
Cloud-9



>Hello guys, Marty, Mark,
>
>I am hoping you can help me on this one........
>
>I just bought a Commodore 1084S monitor on Ebay to use with my Coco3.  I
>wanted to replace my NEC 3Ds because the 1084S has composite mode, and
>audio. I did not know there were several model 1084S monitors until just
>now.  Mine happens to be a 1084S-D2.   I am  getting a scrambled picture on
>the Coco3 with the cable I made.  It looks as though there is no sync.   I
>doubled checked the wiring.  This is what I got.
>
>                     Coco3          1084S        NEC 3Ds / Switch Box
>                  (10pin IDC)     (DB9)         (DB15HD)
>
>Gnd                1,2               1,2                  4,5,10,11
>Red                3                  3                     1
>Green             4                  4                     2
>Blue               5                  5                     3
>Hsync            8                  8                    13
>Vsync            9                  9                    14
>
>The Coco3 and the 1084S just happen to work out to the same pin numbers I
>noticed.   What am I doing wrong?  Is the 1084S-D2 incompatible with the
>Coco3?   I wired the Monitor thru a DB15HD swtich box so I could switch it
>between the Coco 3 and a Sony Playstation.  The cable form the Playstaion
>outputs the same signals including the separate H and V syncs. (I made a
>circuit for that out of a LM1881 IC)  When I switch over to the Playstaion
>though the same pins, and the picture on the 1084S is fantastic!  Of course
>when the NEC 3Ds is hooked up to the switch box,  both the Coco3 and the
>Playstation display a perfect picture.
>
>You guys have any ideas on this one?
>
>Hank