Sellam,
Yeah I have one and I DID have the manual but I'm not sure where the manual went to. I think Mike Haas may have it but he's not answering his e-mail so I can't find out. I MAY have a PDF copy of the manual on my old PC. Basicly it's a character generator that lets you specify the dot time, number of pixels per line, pixels per character, lines, refresh time, etc etc etc AND all the electrical characteristics. I've never seen anything else that lets you control a display in such detail. In fact, it's probably too complex! Did you get the buffer box that goes with it? It's a small box about the size of a pack of cigarettes and it mounts on the end of a cable about three foot long. The buffer box has a card edge connector that brings out all the electrical signals. You put a connector on the card edge connector and connect up the monitor to the various terminals.
I know that's brief but it will give you the general idea.
Joe
At 12:15 PM 9/24/02 -0700, you wrote:
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>Has anyone ever heard of or have a Quantum Data Corporation 801A
>character generator?
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