Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!newman From: newman@utcsrgv.UUCP (Ken Newman) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Atari prices and video Message-ID: <1540@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 21:02:22 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.1540 Posted: Wed Jun 15 21:02:22 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jun-83 02:58:45 EDT Organization: CSRG, University of Toronto Lines: 11 Atari seems to be trying to compete directly with the c64 market. Just saw an ad in Byte - $289 US for a 48K Atari 800!!! (including Atari $100 rebate). If you want a really neat micro... (with lots of software around)... Has anyone successfully bypassed the RF modulator in an Atari 400 and used it with a color or b&w composite video monitor? There was a simple emitter follower circuit in the July Computers and Electronics, and it seems to work, but I am getting very low brightness (on a Zenith green-screen b&w monitor - could this be the reason?). Does anyone know if the signal on pin 4 of the 400's RF modulator is real color composite video?