Amiga

Amiga 1080 Monitor Modifications A number of Amiga 1080 monitors were built by Toshiba. The people at Toshiba could have done a better job in a couple of respects: First, they did a poor job of extracting vertical sync pulses from the video signal that comes from the Amiga. This produces an error in the interlacing when the Amiga is used in 320x400 or 640x400 display modes. When you look closely at the screen you see alternating …

…probably would have been easier if I had just soldered an insulated wire to it, brought the wire through the hole and done all of the wiring on the backside of the board. If you are concerned about vibration messing up the "air-wired" connections, a shot of hot glue or some similar measure should put your mind at rest. The diodes are 1N914s from Radio Shack, but most any small-signal silicon diode should do.