Simple monitor exerciser ?

I'm thinking back to basic testing of dumb terminals and conecting pin 2 and

3 together would echo keyboard to screen.

Google doesn't like the word exerciser. Is it possible to connect 5V to a pin on the monitor lead to get a blue screen or something even if not synced to save powering up a pc just to see if you get any sort of display on the screen?

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N Cook
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Without something to generate sync you won't get anything useful on the screen.

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James Sweet

Well, newer monitors might display: "No Sync". :)

However, I agree that in genenral, unless you want to invest in a monitor test partern generator, there is no trivial way to guarantee that any monitor will display something useful without a proper driving source.

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Sam Goldwasser

It's not what you could call "cheap", but the tiny monitor tester which is sold by Anatek Corp works very well and eliminates the need to connect a monitor to a PC to see how it's performing. It's at

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Bob Parker

Bob, I have one of these also and am pleased with it. You can even take it with you to a tag sale to see if a monitor works before buying it.

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Tony Marsillo

Buy a monitor? I've had over 50 good monitors donated in the last couple months.

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Michael A. Terrell

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:59:28 -0000 in sci.electronics.repair, "N Cook" wrote,

I bet Don Lancaster could do it in one chip. With half its pins broken off.

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David Harmon

The monitor tester does it with one chip, as I recall. C'mon, the self-proclaimed "Guru" is extremely talented and an excellent technical writer (I learned microprocessors from his book), but not perfect. :)

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