Resolved Help me identify this monitor connector please

I picked up a Smith Corona 12" monitor today at the thrift store for $5.00. Made in 1994. I believe it went to a cash register and is probably monochrome because it just has a brightness and contrast knobs.

The connector won't fit a standard VGA card. A standard VGA connector has three rows of pins. This monitor has two rows and six pins. Just like the old Commodore/Atari joystick connectors.

What is the correct terminology for this type of 2 row connector and does such an adapter exist to goto a 3 row VGA card?

Yes I know it's a tiny monitor and even if it's monichrome I still have a use for it.

 

Age is showing but I forget the name of the connection. It was used on the old IBM AT computers with monocrome monitors. This was the days of DOS 3.0 and 5 inch floppies. There used to be adaptors for these, I had one in my tool box, but I have no idea where to look for one now. I think the one I had was made by Black Box.

 

I suspect what you have is an old CGA monitor cable or else a MacIntosh monitor cable.

 

CGA, I believe your right. Here's what appears to be the adapter I need. Terrible picture though.

http://www.provantage.com/cables-go-02457~7CBTG03H.htm

Thanks.

 

CGA/EGA is what I could not remember. Almost can't believe they are still available.

 

Sort of on/off the subject.

Since the price of flat LCD monitors has dropped like a rock in the past few years these CRT monitors are becoming like unwanted kittens and puppies. The place I got this monitor from had several CRT monitors with $5.00 US marked on each. I'd hate to think how many perfectly good CRTs have ended up in landfills just because of their size.

This 12" monitor caught my eye because it takes up so little space. I hope one day there will be enough flat LCD monitors around they will end up at thrift stores. So far people are hanging onto them.

I like going to these thrift stores like Salvation Army, Habitat for humanity, Goodwill, etc. to see what sort of antique/obsolete electronic devices I can find. Like old non-usb game controllers/joysticks that have two buttons instead of like 10. I occasionally like playing games from my youth like Atari 2600 and MAME through emulators.

Any game that requires more than 2 buttons is beyond my ability.

Trouble is allot of newer computers and operating systems (past XP) have trouble running these older emulators. And the video cards sometimes don't like them either. Just like DOS games run too slow through XP. So games originally written for Windows 95don't seem to run very well in Vista.

So that's why I've yet to junk out my old computers.

I picked up a PC Raider joystick like the one I bought back in the 90s for $1.00 US but for some reason the fire buttons won't work. I'll have to test it out on another computer.

I also picked up a portable XM satellite radio for $20 but had to buy an antenna for $40 at Radio Shack.