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CRT DISPLAY CIRCUIT
The CPU generates and controls all characters and data for the on-screen
displays. Excluding Captions, the VB7C chassis is designed for a green, red,
white, yellow and cyan screen display. In order to provide correct positioning,
vertical and horizontal sync signals are input to IC801 (CPU) on pins 1 (H-
sync) and 2 (V-sync). The horizontal and vertical sync pulses are limited and
wave shaped by Q882 and Q881 respectively.
Operation
Beginning with the input of the vertical sync signal, horizontal sync pulses are
counted. After counting a certain number of horizontal sync pulses, the CPU
will begin counting 8 MHz clock pulses developed at pins 19 and 20. At the
desired number of clock pulses, the letter signals are output on pins 40-42,
and the blanking signals are output on pin 39. The letter and the blanking
signals are output as active Highs. The exact count of horizontal sync pulses
and 8 MHz clock pulses is controlled by the CPU program and will change
with the display pattern.
All display signals from the CPU are input to IC101, the Signal Processor, on
pins 33-36 where they are added to the video signal. Since the C-003 CPU
includes the Caption Data Slicer and Caption OSD, the screen displays and
caption displays cannot be shown simultaneously.
IC801
CPU
20
19
33
34
35
5
7
X801
Q881
C832
R828
IC501
T402
C831
R822
Q882
R842
R846
R847
R848
R843
R844
R849
42
R-OUT
41
G-OUT
40
B-OUT
39
BLK-OUT
1
H-SYNC
2
V-SYNC
R827
IC101
SIGNAL PROCESSOR
36
C843
C842
C841
R823
(8 MHz)
C809
C808
X-IN
X-OUT
ALWAYS
5V
R821
R826
Screen Display Control Circuit