Re: One other G08 Monitor question

> Ahh, the memories.. When I was in grad school, the days before I owned a vector
> monitor and felt that the prospects of finding a color vector display were slim to
> none, I ran Star Wars exactly like this on my bench top scope. I used a 3 input NOR
> gate to control the z-axis, and that worked really well. The only problem was that
> the screen was barely 3x3 inches, and it was in monochrome. Doh!

> Joel-

>
> I don't know pinouts, but it sounds like you have the settingsright. When connected
> and the scope put into XY mode you
> should see the game running PLUS a LOT of extra lines and
> probably a VERY bright dot in the center of the scope screen.
> What you'll probably want to look at is that test pattern that
> originally had you wondering if there was a problem.
>
> All the extra stuff that you see on the scope is blanked on the
> monitor by the video signals. You could run one of the video
> signals into the Z-axis (brightness) input on the back of the
> scope (if it has one), but it isn't worth the trouble.
Received on Thu Dec 17 10:15:46 1998