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Help me identify this particular TRL (Royal Information Electronics) monitor

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First post, by jesolo

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I've recently picked up this monitor from a friend of mine.

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TRL - front
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TRL - Rear
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At the rear it states that is was manufactured by Royal Information Electronics but, I'm not sure what the model number is or, what the exact specifications of the monitor is.
I know that is a colour monitor but, I'm not sure whether it also supports EGA.

I found a reference to a monitor that looks very close to this one with an indicated model number of CT-1469 (or just CT1469).
However, since there is no model number printed on the monitor, I'm not sure whether it's the same.
Another website indicates that the monitor is also EGA capable.
The horizontal positioning of the image is a bit off but, I'll look into this later. Is it possible that it's because the horizontal refresh rate of the CGA card is at 15 KHz & that it's trying to refresh at 21 KHz (EGA)?

Reply 1 of 2, by looking4awayout

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That monitor was manufactured by a Taiwanese company called Intra Technologies. The original model name should be CM-1404 (if it has a .31mm dot pitch with 8514/A mode), CM-1414 (if it has a .28mm dot pitch with 8514/A mode) or CM-1424 (if it has 0.28mm dot pitch and supports non interlaced 1024x768).

That monitor was also rebadged as BTC and AST. A monochrome version of the same monitor was made under the DM-1404 moniker. Many OEMs and companies rebadged Intra-made monitors with their own badges and model names. A pretty good monitor, a keeper, in my opinion.

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Reply 2 of 2, by RetroShare

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Hi, I have the model CT-1469.

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