On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Claude wrote:
> I have one of these Thomson MO5' now in my collection.
Lucky bastard.
> I know it's a PAL video output.
Are you certain it's not SECAM? I haven't heard of this machine being
sold outside of France.
> Would like to know where does the PAL video come out of...
>
> Anybody have a simple suggestion for looking at PAL video signals?
PAL TV.
> Also would like the pinout for the odd connector coming out of the
> unit...
Is it a 21-pin SCART/P?ritel connector? In that case, I'd suggest
extracting RGB signals from it. Then you won't have to worry about TV
standards. Of course, you need an RGB monitor, but any micro collector has
several, right?
Hmm, looking at
http://www.computingmuseum.com/museum/mo5.htm , it seems
that there was indeed a model for export to the rest of Europe. I suppose
this one does indeed supply a PAL signal. This model, the MO5E, had a
mechanical keyboard, too.
Ooh, this page is interesting. Here we encounter a so-called QuickDrive, a
2,8" floppy format. Could this be the same as the 3" disks?
According to
http://home.debitel.net/user/groener1/comp_025.htm , there
was also a mechanical keyobard version for the French market, with AZERTY
keyboard.
Received on Sat Dec 30 2000 - 22:28:04 GMT