Spurred by Cecil's comments, I decided to try and get the RGB output of the JR-200U going. At first I grabbed my Sinclair QL cable, but that didn't quite work since it had two of the same connector on each end and my Commodore 1084S couldn't resolve the signal (and frankly, I'm not even sure if that was a QL monitor cable or not). Then I thought that the Sega Genesis (original model) had the same connector, but I didn't have ready access to it in the pile of Sega stuff. So then I remembered that my SNK Neo Geo AES had the same connector. I grabbed the composite mono cable from that system (no need for the stereo one) and plugged in only the video output (yellow connector) to the 1084S since the Panasonic does not generate sound on that same output and selected the correct mode on the monitor. Sure enough, I saw a CRYSTAL CLEAR display.
Unfortunately, I still could not get a sync on my video capture device.
This is obviously NOT real RGB output since it's not the right connector end, but it does prove that the port generates a clean signal (composite in my test case) and in theory should work just fine with the right hookup and monitor combination.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
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*************************** Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
Spurred by Cecil's comments, I decided to try and get the RGB output of the JR-200U going. At first I grabbed my Sinclair QL cable, but that didn't quite work since it had two of the same connector on each end and my Commodore 1084S couldn't resolve the signal (and frankly, I'm not even sure if that was a QL monitor cable or not). Then I thought that the Sega Genesis (original model) had the same connector, but I didn't have ready access to it in the pile of Sega stuff. So then I remembered that my SNK Neo Geo AES had the same connector. I grabbed the composite mono cable from that system (no need for the stereo one) and plugged in only the video output (yellow connector) to the 1084S since the Panasonic does not generate sound on that same output and selected the correct mode on the monitor. Sure enough, I saw a CRYSTAL CLEAR display.
Unfortunately, I still could not get a sync on my video capture device.
This is obviously NOT real RGB output since it's not the right connector end, but it does prove that the port generates a clean signal (composite in my test case) and in theory should work just fine with the right hookup and monitor combination.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.