Video provisions on S-100 frames (was Re: 80 col Apple ][

From: Bob Shannon <bshannon_at_tiac.net>
Date: Thu Jan 31 20:27:27 2002

Umm, but Imsai's also have BNC connector punch-outs for your CompuPrisims and
Dazzlers!

M H Stein wrote:

> UNCLE!
>
> (And my apologies to the list for reviving a thread that had thankfully
> petered out; I shoulda known I'd wake up Richard). My only excuse is
> that I'm on the digest version & not always current.
>
> Goshdarn it, Richard, I was sort of agreeing with you that BNCs were
> not very common; all my monitors from that era also use UHF connectors
> for the industrial/CCTV ones, and RCA jacks for the computer monitors
> (but I didn't have the guts to challenge Tony's assertion that there were
> no computer monitors in the Apple][ era).
>
> Although others on the list apparently do have systems that actually have
> BNC connectors, I must confess that I based my assertion on the fact that
> both my Vector Graphics and Cromemco chassis have the distinctive 'D' cutouts
> for BNC connectors on the back panel, so I assumed that cards like
> the Dazzler either came with a cable to connect to a BNC jack, or it
> was expected that you made your own. I could install a BNC jack, though,
> and send you a picture.
>
> I think there's a scientific principle that says it's easy to prove that
> there are three-legged ducks if you have one, but to state categorically
> that they don't exist anywhere is not so easy to justify.
>
> Let's just say that in the computers of that day, if it could be done,
> somebody probably did it, and let it go at that (after you have the last
> word, of course :-).
>
> Still no reply to my question about 80 cols on an Apple][ though; surely
> there's somebody out there who has an answer?
>
> mike
>
> ---------------Original Message--------------
>
> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 08:38:26 -0700
> From: "Richard Erlacher" <edick_at_idcomm.com>
> Subject: Video provisions on S-100 frames (was Re: 80 col Apple ][)
>
> I'd be really interested in knowing specifics about this, if you have them.
> I've got several S-100 boxes, and not a one has any accomodation for video
> signal from an internal source. I did, in the rar distant past, own a couple
> of systems, at least one of which was from Vector Graphics,
> <snip>
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