Summary

The Amiga 1080 monitor was the original monitor Commodore supplied with the Amiga 1000 in 1985. It’s one of only two monitors that featured the Amiga branding with the Amiga checkmark logo. The Amiga 1080 monitor hit the market in November 1985, the same month as the Amiga 1000. It featured Analog RGB to match the Amiga’s output. However, it also worked with digital RGB like IBM CGA and the Commodore 128’s 80-column display, and composite video like the C-64. It was a universal monitor that worked with every computer Commodore made at the time, even though Commodore never marketed it as such. The 1080 works well with all Commodore computers, and even with many non-Commodore computers.

The styling most closely matches the Amiga 1000, but the color scheme matches the Amiga 500 and Amiga 2000 as well.

It’s a little unclear who made the Amiga 1080 monitor. Some 1080s shipped with Hitachi picture tubes, while others had Toshiba tubes. It was made in Japan, either by Toshiba or Fujitsu.

Source: https://dfarq.homeip.net/amiga-1080-monitor/#ixzz76SR04RlB

Literature

• Schematic
• Owner's Manual

Notes

The RGB connector is a DB-9 with standard Amiga pinout. You can buy a SCART adapter here or make your own using the pinout below.

The Toshiba tube is higher TVL than other tubes used for this same monitor chassis. As far as I know you can't identify the tube without taking the case off and looking inside. The Toshiba tube has a matte anti-glare coating, that might be an external identifying factor.

This monitor has two versions based on region - there is an NTSC version and a PAL version. The monitor cannot display both color system types - only the region it was sold for.