Brantly.henr@XEROX.COM (11/13/87)
At one time (quite a while ago) there was quite a bit of discussion about "Someday SOMEBODY is going to come up with the means to drive a TV from a 1040ST". I like my monochrome system, but I'm missing out on a lot of pgms that only support color. I REALLY hate the idea of spending the $300+for a color monitor. Soooo, did the idea of a RF Modulator for the 1040 ever take off? Did I miss something or did the idea get thrown out? I know it's not a real "hot button" for you guys/gals out there with color systems.... Thanks, Dennis
c60a-2ae@web8b.berkeley.edu.BERKELEY.EDU (John Kawakami -O^O-,510d or 260E,6431816,6667734) (11/14/87)
Brantly.henr@XEROX.COM asks ]At one time (quite a while ago) there was quite a bit of discussion ]about "Someday SOMEBODY is going to come up with the means to drive a TV ]from a 1040ST". And so do I! I know this can be done; there was a description and a sample of a circuit that would do this in Bruce "sublogic" Artwick's book on computer graphics. I believe it was titled _Microcomputer_Graphics_and_Animation_. I also keep hearing about some company called JNL Technologies that apparantly made one of these dodads. This device would be a boon to all the ST owners without RF output (520ST[f]s have RF output as you all know) who want to videotape some screens. John "why buy a color screen when I know I'll use it only to play some games" Kawakami +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | JoHn KaWaKaMi alias spectacle -O^O- alias c60a-2ae@widow.berkley.edu | + + | OH NO! CLONES -0^0- | \ -o^o- / -<xxxxx>- | + -@^@- O 0 O -()-()- ^from + | ]OO[ > 0 O Star Trek | + O \ / The Drek + | -P=P- | ^+^ Generation | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
braner@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (braner) (11/15/87)
[] One way to go would be to buy the ST-->composite video cable that is sold by E. Arthur Brown Co. ($20) - that's all you need to plug into your VCR or monitor/tv. To attach to a standard TV (why do they _allow_ them to make them without video input jacks?) you can then add one of those $5 RF modulators occasionally on sale in Radio Shack, etc. Has anybody tried this? What is the picture quality? - Moshe Braner
c60a-2ae@web3e.berkeley.edu.BERKELEY.EDU (John Kawakami -O^O-,510d or 260E,6431816,6667734) (11/16/87)
In article <2925@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> braner@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (braner) writes: >[] > >One way to go would be to buy the ST-->composite video cable that >is sold by E. Arthur Brown Co. ($20) - that's all you need to plug >into your VCR or monitor/tv. ... > >- Moshe Braner I believe that cable only works on 520ST's, which already have RF output and 2 pins on the monitor port for composite output. 1040's do not have these pins (unless your 1040 has a rf output port). The pins are labeled in the gray manual in the back. So the 1040 users (what about megas?) are still without rf output for now. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | JoHn KaWaKaMi alias spectacle -O^O- alias c60a-2ae@widow.berkley.edu | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes) (11/18/87)
In article <2925@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, braner@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (braner) writes: > [] > One way to go would be to buy the ST-->composite video cable that > is sold by E. Arthur Brown Co. ($20) - that's all you need to plug > into your VCR or monitor/tv. The EAB cable is for the 520. They had a box in their catalog designed to work in conjunction with the 1040 and this cable. I talked to them and they still hope to have the box but the current version doesn't work. No date on when it will. -- Phil Hughes, SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155 (206)FOR-UNIX or 527-3385 ...!uw-beaver!tikal!ssc!fyl