Looks like it's just a Composite monitor, so if you have a card that has a composite video output, it should work with this monitor.

Thank you!

For composite CGA output - yes.

I need to make a compromise because green phosphor monochrome monitors are super rare here.
I have a few CGA cards but how do I know if it's a composite output or a simple feature connector?

If you connect the monitor to a "Feature Connector" it shouldn't do anything, but if it shows something, then it's a video output.

Wow, too easy! 😀
Thank you.

Vynix wrote:

If you connect the monitor to a "Feature Connector" it shouldn't do anything, but if it shows something, then it's a video output.

I don't think CGA cards had feature connectors like EGAs... just a composite output. It may require flipping some dip switches to output to one though. Also for gaming composite out is preferred over RGB.

Correct me if I'm wrong but CGA used *NTSC* composite and that looks like a PAL monitor (220V/50Hz).

HanJammer wrote:

Also for gaming composite out is preferred over RGB.

bro what

Depends what games...
Composite provides more colors, RGB - sharper image.
Some games look better with more colors, but others use detailed graphics that's only clearly visible on RGB monitors.

Never mind guys, I lost the auction. Thanks for the info though!

HanJammer wrote:

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Also for gaming composite out is preferred over RGB.

...in colour, with NTSC.

For a mono monitor all it gets you is a slightly fuzzier picture.

That said, I get the impression that almost all the mono monitors you see in Europe are composite, TTL seem as rare as hen's teeth (not that TTL colour is any more common though, I just gave up and went for MCE2VGA eventually)

I remember that with monochrome monitors, it's usually preferable to send the Luma signal to it, as they won't process the chroma correctly, resulting in artifacts on the image.

dionb wrote:

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HanJammer wrote:

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Also for gaming composite out is preferred over RGB.

...in colour, with NTSC.

For a mono monitor all it gets you is a slightly fuzzier picture.

That said, I get the impression that almost all the mono monitors you see in Europe are composite, TTL seem as rare as hen's teeth (not that TTL colour is any more common though, I just gave up and went for MCE2VGA eventually)

Ah, true.I havn't noticed it's PAL.

jmarsh wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong but CGA used *NTSC* composite and that looks like a PAL monitor (220V/50Hz).

CGA did indeed output an NTSC composite signal. But this is definitely not a PAL monitor, since PAL is merely the color TV standard and this is clearly a monochrome screen.
That being said, the vertical size and vertical hold adjustments are probably set to 625 lines at 50Hz rather than 525 lines at 60Hz, so you'd have to play with those knobs on the back of the device.

Vynix wrote:

I remember that with monochrome monitors, it's usually preferable to send the Luma signal to it, as they won't process the chroma correctly, resulting in artifacts on the image.

true

this thread is really making me grateful for my 5151 TTL mono display

dionb wrote:

That said, I get the impression that almost all the mono monitors you see in Europe are composite, TTL seem as rare as hen's teeth (not that TTL colour is any more common though, I just gave up and went for MCE2VGA eventually)

So... the TTL on the Commodore 1080 isn't applicable? [OR perhaps these have gone much more rare than I would have guessed.