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Z100 and TTL monochrome monitors

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From: Dick O'Connor
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1989 21:18
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My old ZVM-122 amber composite monitor is still going strong, but I've
been wondering of late if I can get a little better resolution by using
a more modern monitor.

Can a 9-pin TTL monochrome monitor (like Goldstar or Packard Bell or ??)
be plugged into the 9-pin RGB connector (J9) on a Z-100?  Would 
resolution improve (due to smaller dot pitch, etc.)?

Big question, I guess, is: which monitor/video card combinations are
dangerous to pair up?  I recall vague tales of horror out of the past,
but my limited knowledge of all things video-related can't make sense
out of these warnings.  Frankly, I'm not worried about blowing an $80
monitor...I'm more concerned about hurting my Z-100!!!


Dick O'Connor
Washington Department of Fisheries
Olympia, Washington  98504
Internet Mail: djo7613@blake.acs.washington.edu
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DISCLAIMER:  I speak only for myself, not for the Department.  Here, anyway!
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From: djo7613@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith.z100
Subject: Z100 and TTL monochrome monitors
Keywords: Z100, TTL monitors
Message-ID: <1278@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Date: 21 Mar 89 21:18:24 GMT
Organization: Univ of Washington, Seattle
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