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General Chat => Technical Area => Topic started by: Laszo on April 21, 2013, 12:40:54 PM

Title: Workbench crt/monitor
Post by: Laszo on April 21, 2013, 12:40:54 PM

Hi Guys,

I want to have a small monitor for my workbench so I  repair pcb's I definitly don't want to use a open frame crt as I see on some repair vidoes on youtube. Any suggestions?

Title: Re: Workbench crt/monitor
Post by: slowcade on April 21, 2013, 02:40:45 PM

I have used both a 14" TV with RGB scart input and a Commodore 1084 monitor. Both have worked well, and they are very cheap nowadays.

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Title: Re: Workbench crt/monitor
Post by: level42 on April 21, 2013, 03:00:33 PM

Yes the Commodore 1084's (which are actually Philips CM8524,CM8833etc.) are brilliant test monitors.

They were also sold as MSX, Ancona and even Atari IIRC.

Don't get the Commodore 1701 though, these are fine for C64 and Atari 8 bit computers but don't have RGB input (which you need).

Title: Re: Workbench crt/monitor
Post by: Laszo on April 22, 2013, 01:36:39 AM

Quote from: Level42 on April 21, 2013, 03:00:33 PM

Yes the Commodore 1084's (which are actually Philips CM8524,CM8833etc.) are brilliant test monitors.

They were also sold as MSX, Ancona and even Atari IIRC.

Don't get the Commodore 1701 though, these are fine for C64 and Atari 8 bit computers but don't have RGB input (which you need).

Thanks I will look for those.

Title: Re: Workbench crt/monitor
Post by: Elgen on April 22, 2013, 05:57:10 PM

Should you find a Commodore c1901, they are pretty easy to fit with RGB-input...
I use this one on my bench atm http://elgensrepairs.blogspot.dk/2012/12/finding-repairing-and-enhancing.html

Before that I just used a small CRT-tv with RGB-SCART found for close to nothing on a flea market...that is absolutely fine for a start };-P