Guys,

I picked up an old monitor with the following specifications.

MAGNAVOX professional  PC Monitor 80
model# 7bm623074g    May 1986

It has a cable with a 6pin din connection on the monitor side.
and a 9pin connection (all pins present) on the end of the
connector.

Any chance anyone has seen this unit or tried it on a 128
for 80 column mode?   I don't want to duplicate the
horror stories on here of blowing my 128 with the wrong
monitor type.

Can Anyone help?

Oldbitcollector


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> MAGNAVOX professional  PC Monitor 80
> model# 7bm623074g    May 1986


Update on this:  It appears that it is monochrome.
Here's a picture of the unit I have.

http://www.vintagetechnology.com/item_pages/magnavoxmonitor.htm

Will this work on the 128?

Thanks Guys,

Oldbitcollector


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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:17:11 -0500, Oldbitcollector <jeff@nospam.com>
wrote:

>> MAGNAVOX professional  PC Monitor 80
>> model# 7bm623074g    May 1986
>
>
>Update on this:  It appears that it is monochrome.
>Here's a picture of the unit I have.
>
>http://www.vintagetechnology.com/item_pages/magnavoxmonitor.htm
>
>Will this work on the 128?

Not without damaging it (the monitor) I believe. I once asked Ray
Carlsen about a HGA/Monochrome monitor and it's not quite compatible
like CGA/EGA is.


Jason

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"Oldbitcollector" <jeff@nospam.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> > MAGNAVOX professional  PC Monitor 80
> > model# 7bm623074g    May 1986
>
>
> Update on this:  It appears that it is monochrome.
> Here's a picture of the unit I have.
>
> http://www.vintagetechnology.com/item_pages/magnavoxmonitor.htm
>
> Will this work on the 128?
>
> Thanks Guys,
>
> Oldbitcollector
>
>
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I believe it is a Hercules monitor just like the Commodore 76DM13 monitor I
have. They have the same bluish screen, the same type of connector and both
are 12" and monochrome. If this is the case, the answer is no, it won't
work. I have tried it and despite of trying several different values for the
VDC registers, I couldn't get any sensible picture. The picture was mostly
unreadable scrolling garbage. However, I don't think it damages the C128 to
try to connect it although I can't guarantee it. The monitor will work with
a Commodore PC-10 computer.