Friesen@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA (02/26/88)
Hello,
I am behind in the forum here, had some difficulties with recieving it,
so I am still reading entries from before Christmas.
I noticed that there has been lots of talk about RF modulators and am
surprised that no one has responded with help. I have a (ok 1040
owners, drool:-)) 1040STF, actually a modified 1040ST.
I was surprised that noone has given any usefull info. on the subject.
Well I guess I will have to fill the void.
FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
1. Take your ST to you local service center (mine is only 40 miles
away:-))
2. Ask the person to install an RF modulator
3. Later, pick up your ST and pay the person $60.
That's how I got my RF modulator installed in my 1040 ST, and have
hooked it to my VCR many times to record presentations, demos, ect. It
works fairly well. It is of coarse a little blurry, because of the low
resolution on a TV, however, it is very sufficiant. When I first hooked
it up, I had snow on the screen, I called the service place, and they
said that it might be the cable I hooked it up with. I then used a
cable I had pulled off of an old 2600, and it works great.
This isn't a new product, I had this done back in September.
The resolution, as I said was is somewhat blurry, and if you display
text, you probably want it to be a sufficiant size, but I have been very
satisfied.
A word to the wise... If your VCR or TV does not have manual fine
tuning, you may have problems. My television set has permanent
autamatic tuning, and had some interference, however, my VCR has both
automatic and manual tuning, so I hook my computer to it and manually
fine tune it. I am not saying that you cannot hook your computer to a
TV with permanent fine tuning, just relaying my experience.
For you hardware hackers out there (I shudder at the thought of taking
apart my ST) I don't think the RF modulator operation is to involved.
Although the service man wouldn't give any specifics, he implied the
most difficult part was drilling the hole in the back of the computer.
Aric Friesen
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