Re: RE: G08_003 vs. G08_105 follow up

From: Mark Jenison <jenison_at_enteract.com>
Date: Sun Jul 22 2007 - 23:05:09 EDT

Actually, it was David Fish that did the nifty hack for using CC with the
G08-003. The inputs are slightly different to the two monitors (voltage
ranges as I understand). Anyway, the hack is documented here:

http://users.rcn.com/jenison/mars/trouble/man/cinemat/game/cosmicchasm.html

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Magiera" <joemagiera@ameritech.net>
To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 5:50 PM
Subject: VECTOR: RE: G08_003 vs. G08_105 follow up

> FYI, if you may be thinking, why not just try it? We did and we're not
> getting a picture. My buddy is getting the exact same results with both
> HV/deflection combinations (and a third deflection), which is leading him
> to
> think that maybe it just won't work with the monitor tester supplying only
> G08_003 input.
>
>
>
> I don't suppose anyone has a known good G08_105 that they can plug into a
> regular Sega vector game and report the results. (yeah right). Okay,
> okay,
> I didn't think I'd get any takers on that. Though it would be interesting
> to hear the results.
>
>
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: Joe Magiera [mailto:joemagiera@ameritech.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 10:22 AM
> To: 'vectorlist@vectorlist.org'
> Subject: G08_003 vs. G08_105
>
>
>
> A buddy of mine is trying to test, trouble shoot and fix a couple of
> G08_105's (Cosmic Chasm monitors). These monitors are plug compatible
> with
> a regular G08_003. The specs are slightly different, see Hans compare
> cheat
> sheet here:
>
>
>
> http://www.wideopenwest.com/~hosvoll/XY_DATA.HTM
>
>
>
> The differences though, look to be within tolerance of each other. He is
> using that Benchmate monitor tester I found a while back for the testing
> (sadly I don't have a working Cosmic Chasm to test with). The Benchmate
> does not have the specific G08_105 voltages and signals, only the G08_003.
> Still, shouldn't the G08_003 voltages and signals be enough to test and
> display a picture on a G08_105?
>
>
>
> I recall that Mark Jenison did somewhat of the reverse of this on his
> Cosmic
> Chasm, putting in a regular G08_003. Mark, did you make any mods to
> anything to get this to work?
>
>
>
> What are people's thoughts, assuming the monitor is working, should we be
> able to get a picture on a G08_105 when supplied with G08_003 voltages and
> signals? If not, what can be done to get this to work?
>
>
>
> Joe
>
>

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