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Title: Using a Commedore C1901 as test bench monitor
Post by: Elgen on December 31, 2012, 01:48:50 PM

http://elgensrepairs.blogspot.dk/2012/12/finding-repairing-and-enhancing.html (http://elgensrepairs.blogspot.dk/2012/12/finding-repairing-and-enhancing.html)

Title: Re: Using a Commedore C1901 as test bench monitor
Post by: ataritoobin on December 31, 2012, 08:30:43 PM

Welcome!  Very cool article.  :)

It was a bit tough to tell from the pictures, but was the 1901 a rebadged Philips CM8833?  I have one of those (Magnavox branded) I had considered adding Analog RGB output to, it's been a while since I looked inside, but I believe it had a space for a SCART plug as well.

Title: Re: Using a Commedore C1901 as test bench monitor
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on December 31, 2012, 08:34:59 PM

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...I was NOT the popular husband that night, as the smoke was extremely smelly; a bit like rotten fish mixed with the smell of old fart };-S

Gotta love the smell of burning electronics  ;)

Title: Re: Using a Commedore C1901 as test bench monitor
Post by: level42 on January 01, 2013, 03:05:17 AM

Quote from: ataritoobin on December 31, 2012, 08:30:43 PM

Welcome!  Very cool article.  :)

It was a bit tough to tell from the pictures, but was the 1901 a rebadged Philips CM8833?  I have one of those (Magnavox branded) I had considered adding Analog RGB output to, it's been a while since I looked inside, but I believe it had a space for a SCART plug as well.

No the 1901 was made by Thomson...: http://gona.mactar.hu/Commodore/monitor/Commodore_monitors_by_model_number.html

The CM8833 schematics are easy to find. I think you should be able to add a SCART pretty easily.