23 Jan
2002
23 Jan
'02
4:24 a.m.
On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:
The monitor connectors are two ethernet-looking BNC
plugs (WTF!?)
Can anyone tell me what's going on with these?
There're a lot of different connectors that get used for composite
monitors. For school use, they want one that can withstand some abuse,
and will stay on. (When somebody trips over the cord, it should be strong
enough to pull the entire machine off of the table.)
When I taught a class in Evans 10 (UCBerkeley folk'll know the room), in
the wall there was a connector for the overhead video monitors. It was
an unusual connector, with a hollow cylindrical plug a few inches long,
with a pin in the center. I had to check out a cable each time to use it,
until Electronics Etc (R.I.P.) came up with an adapter of that plug to
BNC.
OB_CC: My TRS-80 model 1 was quite happy sending signal to half a dozen
giant overhead monitors.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com