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In article <2630@mit-hermes.ARPA>, jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick) writes:
> 
> > > The store that sold me mine said different--that the rf modulator and
> > > composite generators would arrive later and be fitted at no charge
> > > "in a couple of months".......
> 
> > Sorry folks.  Retrofitting a modulator is not in the cards.  The dealer must
> > have been misinformed -- but not by Atari.
> > --->Neil @ Atari
> 
> I do want a color output short of getting the color monitor. I have a TV set
> with a video (composite) input jack. In my previous posting I said I'd 
> checked pin 2 of the monitor connector and it was dead: in fact this 
> wasn't true, a scope shows an output there, but it wouldn't drive the TV.
> What exactly is this? Someone else was saying that it is indeed composite
> video; if I haven't got what the literature promises, then what do I have?

My new ST520 has a composite video out. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm sure
it must work. I got my ST wednesday, April 30. I'm sure someone will come
out with a mod for prior rev owners. Maybe Jerry Ciarcia or one of the
look-alike authors will put it out, or perhaps some concerned soul at
Atari could *unoffically* post upgrade instructions.