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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: RayB on November 30, 2005, 01:49:38 pm

Title: Motorola makes monitors?
Post by: RayB on November 30, 2005, 01:49:38 pm

I just acquired the manual for my 1977 Atari Dominos and just discovered the monitor was made by Motorola.  And here I thought they only made phones!
 ;D

Title: Re: Motorola makes monitors?
Post by: Ken Layton on December 01, 2005, 12:11:12 am

Motorola used to make commercial arcade monitors in the 1970's, but they no longer make monitors.

Title: Re: Motorola makes monitors?
Post by: danny_galaga on December 03, 2005, 12:52:49 am

remember too that they first held a patent on the first successful car radio- hence the name...

Title: Re: Motorola makes monitors?
Post by: Level42 on December 08, 2005, 05:39:13 pm

Yep....I was quite surprised too, but then, I'm from Europe. My first contact with Motorola was their excellent 68000 microprocessors. Intel could have learned something from them...
About the dominos....still looking for a PCB for my Dominos cab. The looks of the Motorola monitor give me the shivers, I wonder if I ever will dare to put mains to it :S

Oh...my current GSM phone is a Motorola by the way :)