CDP 1861 Video Processor

[J.C. Wren]

You should also check out the cosmacelf user group on yahoo.com.  There 
have been 1861's for sale (in fact, I had a few, but they are long gone) 
in the past.

    --jc

Joe R. wrote:

>At 08:23 PM 10/24/04 -0400, you wrote:
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>>I am trying to get a RCA Cosmac VIP up and running, but I have  two
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>problems. 
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>>I'm not familiar with the connector that this computer uses  for the
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>display 
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>>and don't know how to connect it to a monitor (or whatever type  of display 
>>it uses).  The second problem is I need to find the 1861  chip.  Does anyone 
>>know of a source where I can get one of these  chips? 
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>>My last issue/question is verifying what type of computer I really  have.  
>>The box the computer came in is for a 18S711, but then there is a  hand
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>written 
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>>note saying it's actually a 18S022.  How can I verify  that it is indeed a 
>>18S022?
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>   I checked my RCA CMOS Databook but I can't find either of those numbers
>listed. You should check with Mike Haas <dogas at bellsouth.net>. He's the
>expert on these things.
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>    Joe
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