In the Compute article you quoted it mentioned RGB out for video. I didn't think that any home based machine at this time could do RGB-Composite or RGB-H-V-sync. Most of those monitors would have cost 10-20 times what this machine sold for.
Is this just bad marketing information passed to a unknowing article writer or could this machine pump RGB+some synch output?
-Cecil
That's a great point I didn't consider. Since this was obviously meant as mostly a low-end system, it is rather odd for there to be anything but the TV output. My only guess would be that it was endemic to the chipset that it could output RGB. I'll see if I can dig up any compatible monitor/cables tonight if I have time, as I"d be curious what the output is like on that connection. It would be rather odd for a 1983 (1982 if you consider Japan) to have such support, since RGB really didn't come into its own until a few years later.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
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*************************** Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
In the Compute article you quoted it mentioned RGB out for video. I didn't think that any home based machine at this time could do RGB-Composite or RGB-H-V-sync. Most of those monitors would have cost 10-20 times what this machine sold for.
Is this just bad marketing information passed to a unknowing article writer or could this machine pump RGB+some synch output?
-Cecil
That's a great point I didn't consider. Since this was obviously meant as mostly a low-end system, it is rather odd for there to be anything but the TV output. My only guess would be that it was endemic to the chipset that it could output RGB. I'll see if I can dig up any compatible monitor/cables tonight if I have time, as I"d be curious what the output is like on that connection. It would be rather odd for a 1983 (1982 if you consider Japan) to have such support, since RGB really didn't come into its own until a few years later.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.