I'm too tired to look it up. The signal pins are exposed through the motherboard connector, which will accept a VGA signal once the high-res mod is done. The pin out of the connector is available through one of the apple tech docs.
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Ohh, I'm bad. Core2Duo color classic.
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This is great! Can't believe I missed this thread 2 years ago. I wanted to do this 3-years ago, but couldn't figure out how to get VGA out of the mono monitor on my Classic. I guess I should have started out with a color Classic, but the shape of the old mono ones just reminds me more of the old days. Did you ever figure out how to get OS X to boot into 640x480?
IIRC (not personal experience), the display is virtually illegible at 800×600, and it is impossible to center it in the geometry of the visible screen area. 640×480 is the highest usable resolution.
Does anyone have the pinout info? Or a link to the Apple manual that has it? I've checked every manual i could get my hands on and none go into that level of detail.
I've done the best I could connecting an ATOM mobo VGA to the CC monitor but it doesn't work (maybe I messed up my monitor in the modding process)...so if anyone can spare some additional info, I'd appreciate it!!!!
I've done the best I could connecting an ATOM mobo VGA to the CC monitor but it doesn't work (maybe I messed up my monitor in the modding process)...so if anyone can spare some additional info, I'd appreciate it!!!!
Nice one!
I once considered a similar project to a dying Classic, placing a miniITX or laptop board in it, but trying to find a 9" LCD screen* as I didn't have the confidence to poke about with the original CRT.
*( There is a bar in the university area I used to frequent which has old TVs but with LCD screens in. It works well, albeit the curved edges aren't as big a deal on a TV picture than a PC picture. Could get a monitor which had a border at smaller resolutions, a bit like some laptop screens do)
In fact, something like an Acer Aspire One has a 9" screen and a small factor intel atom board. And I have hackintoshed mine. Might be an interesting project....
Ended up selling the dying classic to a local collector, but later found a working classic 2 to replace it (and this one is definitely NOT getting gutted!).
I once considered a similar project to a dying Classic, placing a miniITX or laptop board in it, but trying to find a 9" LCD screen* as I didn't have the confidence to poke about with the original CRT.
*( There is a bar in the university area I used to frequent which has old TVs but with LCD screens in. It works well, albeit the curved edges aren't as big a deal on a TV picture than a PC picture. Could get a monitor which had a border at smaller resolutions, a bit like some laptop screens do)
In fact, something like an Acer Aspire One has a 9" screen and a small factor intel atom board. And I have hackintoshed mine. Might be an interesting project....
Ended up selling the dying classic to a local collector, but later found a working classic 2 to replace it (and this one is definitely NOT getting gutted!).
Okay I'm making progress...I've gleaned the A/B pinout from here : http://homepage2.nifty.com/frogeye/connector.html
But I've read the CC uses composite sync. Pin 9 on the a/b 40 pin connector is supposed to accept both h-sync and v-synch...does that mean I can just fuse the two VGA sync wires there? Or do I need to do some fancy VGA to RGB/C-sync conversion?
Also, how do you soft power up the CC monitor when you don't have a the l/b or keyboard?
nex7seven , we need you buddy. You're the pioneer here... I'll send you a donation for a wee bit of your knowledge!
But I've read the CC uses composite sync. Pin 9 on the a/b 40 pin connector is supposed to accept both h-sync and v-synch...does that mean I can just fuse the two VGA sync wires there? Or do I need to do some fancy VGA to RGB/C-sync conversion?
Also, how do you soft power up the CC monitor when you don't have a the l/b or keyboard?
nex7seven , we need you buddy. You're the pioneer here... I'll send you a donation for a wee bit of your knowledge!
I would suggest looking for some of the documents for the Color Classic "Takky" upgrade. Most of the links I have are dead, but I recall seeing a pinout for the motherboard edge connector.
ANother option if you pull the analog board and edge connector out of the case, you should be able to follow the pins that connect to the analog board. From there follow a bit of the circuity you should be able to find the signal pints.
You could also go the other way. Follow the pins on the logic board edge connector back to the video chip. Then with the help fo the datasheet for the video chip, you can figure out which one is which.
--Edit. Never mind. I just looked at the link you posted. That is the one I remember seeing years ago. THinking about it, the color classic might be Sync on green.
The sync-on-green circuit is fairly simple. http://www.raphnet.net/electronique/sync-on-green/sync-on-green_en.php
ANother option if you pull the analog board and edge connector out of the case, you should be able to follow the pins that connect to the analog board. From there follow a bit of the circuity you should be able to find the signal pints.
You could also go the other way. Follow the pins on the logic board edge connector back to the video chip. Then with the help fo the datasheet for the video chip, you can figure out which one is which.
--Edit. Never mind. I just looked at the link you posted. That is the one I remember seeing years ago. THinking about it, the color classic might be Sync on green.
The sync-on-green circuit is fairly simple. http://www.raphnet.net/electronique/sync-on-green/sync-on-green_en.php
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