braner@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (braner) (09/22/87)
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More queries about E. Arthur Brown Company:
They advertise (in START) several unusual products that many on this group
asked about and that seem to be hard to find. FYI I post them here. I am
NOT affiliated with E. Arthur Brown, not even as a customer (yet).
Cat # Price + S&H Description
127-403 39.95 + 3.95 Cable to connect a standard IBM-PC 5.25" drive
to an Atari ST. Formatting software included.
127-400 19.95 + 1.95 Cable to connect a standard composite (color or
monochrome) monitor to the ST (for low or med rez).
127-402 49.95 + 3.95 "ST Video Box" - lets one see all 3 video resolutions
on either the Atari mono or the Atari color monitor
(how the ^@%#&^ do they DO that?!?).
251-400 39.95 + 3.95 "ST invisible clock" - mounts inside the keyboard,
includes NiCad batteries.
If anybody has USED any of these products please let us know what they're like.
In particular I'd like to know: the picture quality with the composite cable,
and whether the 5" drive connection is reliable (is the buffer chip built into
the cable?). (Does the 5" drive need its own power supply?)
Here is their address:
E. Arthur Brown Company
3404 Pawnee Dr., Alexandria, MN 56308
(612) 762-8847, 763-6393
(S&H has a $6.95 cap for any one order)
(Again: I am not affiliated, etc.)
- Moshe Branerhyc@umix.cc.umich.edu (Howard Chu) (09/23/87)
I called them up to inquire about their ST Video box. The current story is that, though it works, it seems to be unreliable and their designer is testing it further. At the time, (last week) the person on the phone said these boxes aren't going to be available for another month, when the testing is finished. Personally, I can't wait... -- -- Howard Chu "Of *course* it's portable. It's written in C, isn't it?"