ISO an XF521 (XE prototype) 5.25" floppy drive

[Bryan]

It actually gets a picture but part of the screen is masked/darkened by the black line on the middle-left side of the screen. The sound works great...but the picture is somewhat garbled. I just need to find someone who can look at it and fix it to get the screen working 100%.

Where are you located?

[wiualum04]

Where are you located?

Chicago

 

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[Bryan]

I'm in mid-Michigan and I'm an electronics engineer so if you can't find anyone closer, I'd be willing to look at it.

[wiualum04]

I'm in mid-Michigan and I'm an electronics engineer so if you can't find anyone closer, I'd be willing to look at it.

That'd be great. I'll let you know!

 

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[4MBUpgrade]

That'd be great. I'll let you know!

 

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Someone sold one of those monitors for me recently. Considering this is a rare monitor I'm willing to be this is probably the one that I let go. Did you purchase this monitor from someone in Canada? If so, I can provide a little information about its history.

[mariusz]

I'm in mid-Michigan and I'm an electronics engineer so if you can't find anyone closer, I'd be willing to look at it.

 

That'd be great. I'll let you know!

 

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Have you repaired the monitor?

 

 

 

Someone sold one of those monitors for me recently. Considering this is a rare monitor I'm willing to be this is probably the one that I let go. Did you purchase this monitor from someone in Canada? If so, I can provide a little information about its history.

 

If it's not a secret could you tell us some more?

[4MBUpgrade]

There's no secret. The XC-1411 monitor came from Atari's main office in Markham, Ontario, Canada. As far as I'm aware they used it in their service department to diagnose and repair the 8-bit series of computers. When Atari closed their doors in Markham, Ontario it was left behind. It was given to me by a friend. (I think I may have actually traded a surround sound module, that I built in a high school electronics class, for the XC-1411.) I am not exactly sure how he wound up with this monitor.

 

I used it as a TV for several years. After that, it sat in my parent's basement for well over 20 years. I finally dug it out two years ago and had another friend look at it because it had developed a peculiar issue with colour fade out. Essentially after about 20 minutes the picture would fade to black and white. He determined that a capacitor had gone bad and replaced it. As a precaution, he also went further and replaced all of the electrolytic capacitors. From what I know he then put it on Ebay for sale.

 

If the XC-1411 is the one that I let go, I hope the new owner can get it repaired. It would be a shame to see it go to waste.

 

The XC-1411 was manufactured by Goldstar (LG Electronics). Goldstar was also one of 3 companies that manufactured the SC1224 monitor for the Atari ST series of computers. The XC-1411 closely resembles the Goldstar SC1224 monitor. One of the differences is that the XC-1411 monitor has a red power indicator whereas the SC1224 has a green power indicator. Electronically speaking the XC-1411 may be a similar design to the Goldstar SC1224 with only one major difference. The XC-1411 would have an additional composite video to RGB circuit.

[tjlazer]

Did this monitor ever get repaired? Would be cool to see pics of it running!

[Caterpiggle]

Me, too !