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Re: Xerox 6085-2 to VGA display adapter...

From Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.xerox
Subject Re: Xerox 6085-2 to VGA display adapter...
Date 2015-05-08 13:41 +0000
Organization Piglet's Pickles & Preserves
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On 2015-05-08, Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have looked at the various pinouts of the Xerox 6085 and it seems as though I can create a simple adapter cable which will convert the output from the display port on the Xerox to a standard VGA signal.
>
> The Video+ signal should go to the RGB inputs on the VGA input and the V/H sync should go to the V/H sync on the VGA input.  Some voltage adjustments need to be made since, from looking at the oscilloscope, it seems as though the Xerox's signal os +3V Low and +5V High.  It needs to be 0V Low and +5V high for VGA.
>
> So, it appears as though companies such as Extron (who made a converter for the Xerox to output to standard VGA) created a framebuffer because they were doing a scan doubler so as to avoid flicker.  I may get to that, but simply seeing some output would be good for now.
>
> Anyway... I hope some of this interests you.  

It does, even though my 6085s went to the dump years ago.    :o(


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Xerox 6085-2 to VGA display adapter... Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com> - 2015-05-08 02:44 -0700
  Re: Xerox 6085-2 to VGA display adapter... Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-05-08 13:41 +0000
    Re: Xerox 6085-2 to VGA display adapter... Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com> - 2015-05-08 10:51 -0700
      Re: Xerox 6085-2 to VGA display adapter... Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-05-09 08:03 +0000
  Re: Xerox 6085-2 to VGA display adapter... Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com> - 2015-05-28 03:03 -0700
    Re: Xerox 6085-2 to VGA display adapter... Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-05-28 10:14 +0000
    Re: Xerox 6085-2 to VGA display adapter... tmfdmike@gmail.com - 2017-04-24 19:58 -0700
      Re: Xerox 6085-2 to VGA display adapter... Sean Frazier <sean.fraz@gmail.com> - 2022-07-09 16:52 -0700
        Re: Xerox 6085-2 to VGA display adapter... BF Soluzioni <tecnici@bfsoluzioni.it> - 2022-09-23 12:08 +0200
          Re: Xerox 6085-2 to VGA display adapter... Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2022-09-23 15:06 -0700

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