First post, by BitWrangler
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Hey folks,
Seeing a place clearing out some CRT security monitors. They have BNC mono and a switch for DC clamp, I am assuming it's designed purpose is to cope with cameras that get a power feed over coax. Anyway, if it cuts everything down to 1V p2p, then maybe some old cards without composite, and some portables where it's hard to swap video hardware, could use this as a "lazy" external monitor, no conversion other than wiring mono pin or green to BNC, presuming you can put card into a 15khz mode plus or minus the analog fudge factor, that it will sync.
Several decades ago, I had a very worn out mono security monitor, very dim and fuzzy, and I was a lot more of a n00b at PC hardware at the time. Somehow I had that working with a couple of machines in mono, but maybe had the assistance of a composite output, probably doing mono CGA. That monitor was so bad though, that output was actually sharper going through a VCR composite input, through the VCRs RF convertor to a color TV... which as you know isn't super ideal for sharp computer output.
Anyway, just wondering if anyone messed with a mono security monitor with a DC clamp and tried putting a bigger than 1V signal into it to see if the clamp helps or doesn't. I've probably got a few solutions around for normal composite mono, just wondering if the monitors with this feature offer any advantage for retro abuse.
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