HP Composite Video Interface Card

From: Wayne M. Smith <wmsmith_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sun Nov 25 00:59:05 2001

> > "Wayne M. Smith" <wmsmith_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > I am using an HP composite video card (98204A) in a
> > > 9000/200 series and am getting a very small multiple
> > > image on the screen. Is there something special about
> > > HP composite video or is this just a bad card? I've
> > > tried the card in both a 9000/200 and 9000/220 with the
> > > same result. Any ideas?
> > >
> "Frank McConnell" <fmc_at_reanimators.org> wrote
> > Just a wild guess, but if you have an HP 35731A monochrome monitor,
> > try it with that. That wants composite video but with a horizontal
> > frequency of 30KHz instead of the more usual 15KHz. HP used that on
> > several different systems.
>
> Frank, you were right! I recently picked up a 35731A with a batch of
HP
> stuff, plugged it into the 98204A, and the video's perfect. Now that I
> can see the output, I was also able to confirm that, as expected, an
HP
> Integral keyboard works with the series 200 HIL card.
>
> Now, if only I could find an OS. HPL or HP BASIC would be nice.
>
Never mind. Just hooked up a 9134 drive that was with the HP stuff I
got and found that it has HP Basic 2.0 and Pascal on it. Yay!

-W
Received on Sun Nov 25 2001 - 00:59:05 GMT