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 c onnector) 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.
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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OK now I am totaly confused. What did the Neo Geo AES output? I See you mention composite Mono, so this is not the fabled RGB. Is this just a lucky Video out connection? And did you get any audio? What plug configuration does this machine have and are there even enough connections to have SGround Composite connections plus R+G and Sync+B or a true R+G+B+S signal?
ASCII up a diagram or shoot a pic of the backside of this strange beast.
-Cecil
You have a high resolution picture of the backside in the article above. If you click on the image, you go to the photo's main page and can click on "All Sizes", which will give you the full 7 MP image. Same goes for all the other images. There is no sound output over the cable. It's video only. Both connectors are - the RGB and TV out. You can see in the image that the audio out is separate. If you don't use that, it just uses the built-in speaker, which can be seen on the upper right of the top of the unit.
It's the same exact port as found on systems like the Sinclair QL, Sega Genesis and SNK Neo Geo AES, so I just used the composite cable (video only) from the Neo Geo, since that was handy. I don't seem to have any compatible cable that I know of that will go to the RGB port on any of my RGB monitors.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
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*************************** Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
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 c onnector) 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.
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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OK now I am totaly confused. What did the Neo Geo AES output? I See you mention composite Mono, so this is not the fabled RGB. Is this just a lucky Video out connection? And did you get any audio? What plug configuration does this machine have and are there even enough connections to have SGround Composite connections plus R+G and Sync+B or a true R+G+B+S signal?
ASCII up a diagram or shoot a pic of the backside of this strange beast.
-Cecil
You have a high resolution picture of the backside in the article above. If you click on the image, you go to the photo's main page and can click on "All Sizes", which will give you the full 7 MP image. Same goes for all the other images. There is no sound output over the cable. It's video only. Both connectors are - the RGB and TV out. You can see in the image that the audio out is separate. If you don't use that, it just uses the built-in speaker, which can be seen on the upper right of the top of the unit.
It's the same exact port as found on systems like the Sinclair QL, Sega Genesis and SNK Neo Geo AES, so I just used the composite cable (video only) from the Neo Geo, since that was handy. I don't seem to have any compatible cable that I know of that will go to the RGB port on any of my RGB monitors.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.