katuuuz Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 So a possible problem hit me in bed last night regarding how the planned crt tv will power on automatically. I was planning on using a mini power minder like I had in my first cab, R.I.P. (rest in peices). This has 2 plugs, when the PC is powered on, it sends a signal to the secondary plug firing on the rest of my peripherals. (google mini power minder).The first time, also using a tube tv, I jammed a toothpick between the tvs power button and the frame which held the button down so it would fire up when given power. I'd like a more reliable? method if any. Any ideas?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I moved this from the General forum since it isn't GameEx specifically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansolo77 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 If you're any good with soldering, you could probably run a wire connecting the traces, eliminating the switch altogether. You could also maybe replace the temporary switch with a full on/off flip switch if you don't want to permanently have the tv always on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katuuuz Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Great idea Han. Think I'll look into option b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stigzler Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Some kinda SCART jiggery pokery? Don't some CRTs have power-on via scart or something? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tthurman Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 That's some interesting info there stigzler, and something I've never even heard of.Seems it's gone a bit by the wayside, likely because of it's analog roots, but pretty cool nevertheless.Adapters, or something of the like, are still available from what I found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katuuuz Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 That's some interesting info there stigzler, and something I've never even heard of.Seems it's gone a bit by the wayside, likely because of it's analog roots, but pretty cool nevertheless.Adapters, or something of the like, are still available from what I found.What type of adapter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tthurman Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Search for SCART. It was apparently an original French concept for an interactive link between CRT's and VCR's? Not an expert, so dunno for sure. Regardless, from what I read it was sort of a "wake on" type technology. In the US was taken on under something different (iEEE, but not that, EIA or something, it's been a long day ) The connectors look like some precursor to the DVI D-link, and are obviously very proprietary. I did see some that went to VGA, and even component inputs though, and at Amazon naturally .Do some digging, it could be fruitful for your setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stigzler Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 http://pinouts.ru/Home/Scart_pinout.shtmlpin 16? Mind you - if your CRT hasn't got scart connectors then, of course, this particular duck is dead in the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katuuuz Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 Hey guys, as much as I was looking forward to accepting my own death and discharging that CRT tv and fiddling with the switch wires, I got a phone call from a electronics recycling center I had called a few weeks ago alerting me they just took in a 21" Viewsonic g180. $20, happily went and got it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tthurman Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Ah come on man, where's your sense of adventure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katuuuz Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 Ah come on man, where's your sense of adventure Hahaha. I know a part of me was looking forward to it. Maybe when I discharge the Viewsonic I'll do the crt too. If I can't get the rotating monitor idea off the ground I'll have an excuse to make a mini vertical.Ps the Viewsonic is a behemoth! Looks so good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tthurman Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 I know what you mean, I've got an IBM P260 (SONY FD Trinitron) I can't bring myself to part with. I took it into work to store it because it is so huge. I bet it weighs around 80 lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tthurman Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 This should handle rotating that beast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katuuuz Posted August 22, 2015 Author Share Posted August 22, 2015 I know what you mean, I've got an IBM P260 (SONY FD Trinitron) I can't bring myself to part with. I took it into work to store it because it is so huge. I bet it weighs around 80 lbs. Hahaha yes, mines around 60lbs. But boy, what a picture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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