>>I had an Icom Attache, made by Pertec. It was basically an Altair 8800bt
>>(Turnkey), with an integrated keyboard and video capabilities. It was in
>>a
>>nice case, kinda like a large Apple II case (which it was desinged to
>>compete against). Composite video output used a BNC connector.
>That's a system I've never seen. do you have a picture? What sort of
> >video
>(pixel format) did it produce?
Well,
They key is that I HAD the system. The manuals and system are now somewhere
in France after being an eBay "Auction for America" (Yah, I know, it's where
the money goes, not necessarily the item...). I don't recall off the top of
my head what the technical specs on the video were. It was extremely hard
to let it go, but my sacrifice was NOTHING compared to the sacrifice of the
people who received the money.
The video was a wild arrangement, where basically the rest of the computer
assumed it was talking through a serial link. The video board (actually two
board bolted together) hooked up to a serial port, and also to the keyboard.
It converted the keyboard input to serial characters, so the computer
thought it was getting input from a terminal. The video board(s) also
converted the serial output of the computer to composite video. This
allowed them to use MITS boards, unaltered, and run with them....
I have pictures, and will dig them up soon...
Rich B.
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Received on Fri Feb 01 2002 - 19:54:30 GMT