That's why I pasted the info. from the manual in my post along with the link - I figured ppl. could grab the file while it is still available.

Battery voltage appears to be a point of contention and it seems to be borderline. Since I really don't want to mess with soldering unless absolutely necessary, I'll scrounge up a 15-pin monitor cable and test with the original monitor first. I'd hate to brick my system with a slipped iron tip.

Now to find that/a dern monitor cable...