CPC464+ and CPC6128 monitor compatibility

[colliefarsight]

Hello all, new cpc owner here.  I have recently brought a 464+ with monitor and it's great.  I have the opportunity of getting a 6128 (not a plus model) without a monitor and was wondering if I would be able to use my existing monitor with it?
Thanks for any help you can provide

[arnoldemu]

Hello all, new cpc owner here.  I have recently brought a 464+ with monitor and it's great.  I have the opportunity of getting a 6128 (not a plus model) without a monitor and was wondering if I would be able to use my existing monitor with it?
Thanks for any help you can provide

Yes and no.

Yes you can get a picture on it, with a hand-made cable which converts between them (different number of pins).
But, that monitor doesn't supply the 12v the disc drive needs.


I do use a plus monitor with all my cpcs, but I also use a pc power supply to give power to the cpc.

[TotO]

Except if you don't intend to use the 3" internal floppy drive, as an external 3"1/2 or HxC drive don't require the +12V power line. (only used for that)

[colliefarsight]

Thanks for replying.  I may just give it a miss then as that sounds a little complicated for me lol

[colliefarsight]

Hang on....where would I plug the monitor in as wouldn't the monitor connect via the power point where the pc psu would go???

[Gryzor]

Welcome on board, mate, good to have you here


You actually need to operate the monitor and the PSU in parallel. You can only connect the video signal to the monitor and have the machine take power from a PSU. Nothing complicated in that...


Cheers
T