>The VR-201 monochrome monitor on my Rainbow just shuffled off this >mortal coil and I need another. Any spares for sale out there? Any >ideas on a cheap way to replace it? Please e-mail responses to the >address below. Thanks! If you can handle a soldering iron and a meter, then you can do a quick hack like this (totally unaproved of by DEC of course). Start off with a 15 pin D connector of the right gender to fit the monitor end of the cable (I think you need a plug), and a 4-pin RJ11 (I think) to take the keyboard cable. Now : link pins 7 and 8 on the 15 pin D (+12V out) link pins 4,5,6,13 on the 15 pin D (ground) Looking into the face of the RJ11, with the pins towards you, number the leftmost pin 1. Now link as follows RJ11 pin 1 to pin 14 of the D RJ11 pin 2 to +12V RJ11 pin 3 to Ground RJ11 pin 4 to pin 15 of the D You should check those connections between the D connector and the RJ11 on your existing VR201, in case I've noted them down wrongly Now you need to find a composite mono monitor, capable of handling the USA TV scan frequencies. Such monitors are relatively common, nut are not used with PCs (except as a mono monitor on a CGA card I guess). Now find a video lead to fit the monitor input, connect it's sheild to ground on the 15 pin D plug, and the inner to pin 12. Plug everything in, and it should work.