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[MZ-800] Different Video output box

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:57 pm
by hlide
So I have two MZ-821 now. The first have the usual video outputs : DIN8 + RF + composite. The second has no RF output and no composite as well: the expected composite plug appears to be just a video output for some SHARP monochome monitors.

The one with composite signal:
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The other without composite signal:
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Here is what I get trying to get it as a composite:
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Not so great, right?

Re: [MZ-800] Different Video output box

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 4:01 pm
by hlide
I tried to capture the video output signal to see how it is.

First a real composite signal through my first MZ-821 (with composite signal) :
composite-10µs-8MHz.jpg
composite-5µs-16MHz.jpg
composite-1µs-48MHz.jpg
The signal has a color-burst and looks like a composite one.

Re: [MZ-800] Different Video output box

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 4:05 pm
by hlide
Now the unknown signal through my second MZ-821 (without composite signal):
signal-10µs-8MHz.jpg
signal-5us-16MHz.jpg
signal-1µs-48MHz.jpg
Now wonder there is no color: no color-burst. There is also an interrupt "MONITOR <-> TV" but I got the same results.

So I guess the only way to get colors is doing so through the RGBI (DIN8).