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In <2564@ur-cc.UUCP>, lmna_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Louis Nau) writes:
>	I am wondering if anyone out there has tried to connect an Atari
>SC1224 Color monitor to an Amiga.  I already own an Atari 1040ST system,
>and am planing on buying an Amiga 500.  I would like to be able to save the
>cost of buying another monitor if at all possible, as this may determine if 
>I can afford the Amiga system.  I am new to hardware hacking, and don't even
>know if the signals are compatible.  Please Email me or post as to the 
>plausability of this idea.

Yes you can. Jeff Lydiatt and I both bought Atari SC1224 monitors for our Amiga
1000 machines shortly after we got them (Jeff still has his A1000, and still
uses the Atari monitor).  The conversion was simple, consisting of removing one
DIN plug from the Atari-supplied cable, and connecting the wires to the
appropriate pins on a DB-23 (hacked from a DB-25 back then, because you
couldn't find DB-23s for any price).

When I tried to hook the same monitor to my 2000, it didn't work, but that was
because one of the sync signals was loading down the AMiga, causing it to think
I had a genlock plugged in, thus inhibiting the clock. If this is the sace with
yours, you can easily buffer the sync line.

One other small point. The early SC1224s were vastly superior to the present
day model of the same number, which has been Tramielized to reduce cost.

-larry

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