> Or you can get a TV card for a PC for under $20.
Most of them work
> nicely with Linux and all of them work with Windows, though the actual
> viewing applications get a bit ugly.
On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 vintagecoder at
aol.com wrote:
I meant to ask about this since I have no idea what it
is, I thought it
would be used for receiving over-the-air TV signals. Are you saying they
have input jacks that would work with old computers that had TV output
connections?
MANY have composite video imupts. Watch for that, even though that isn't
needed for THIS - you'll want it for Apple][, TRS80 model 1, C64, Amiga,
CGA, etc.
For those that don't, cable the RF output of the Coco to the analog TV
antenna input of the TV card. Tell the Coco that it is connected to a TV
(as if it cares); tell the TV card and connected computer that it is
receiving an over-the-air broadcast on channel 3. If you can't do cables,
connect an antenna [and maybe a linear amp] to the RF output of the Coco,
Tune the TV card to cvhannel 3, and keep an eye over your shoulder for FCC
broadcast enforcement.