23 Nov
2001
23 Nov
'01
6:49 p.m.
"Wayne M. Smith"
<wmsmith(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
> I am using an HP composite video card (98204A) in a
> 9000/200 series and am getting a very small multiple
> image on the screen. Is there something special about
> HP composite video or is this just a bad card? I've
> tried the card in both a 9000/200 and 9000/220 with the
> same result. Any ideas?
>
"Frank McConnell" <fmc(a)reanimators.org> wrote
Just a wild guess, but if you have an HP 35731A
monochrome monitor,
try it with that. That wants composite video but with a horizontal
frequency of 30KHz instead of the more usual 15KHz. HP used that on
several different systems.
Frank, you were right! I recently picked up a 35731A with a batch of HP
stuff, plugged it into the 98204A, and the video's perfect. Now that I
can see the output, I was also able to confirm that, as expected, an HP
Integral keyboard works with the series 200 HIL card.
Now, if only I could find an OS. HPL or HP BASIC would be nice.
-W