4 Aug
2012
4 Aug
'12
10:49 a.m.
For the life of me I couldn't find any video cable for the vic-20
before leaving. I only brought a few games for it but figured it'd be
interesting if it was running aside the sx-64 this year. Either way,
not sure if you have time or get this but if you did and had a video
cable I could borrow it'd be much appreciated! No biggie if not, I'll
still have the portable and two PCs hopefully up and running other stuff
too.
Hmm... I am not sure I am oging to be near enough to help :-)
More seriouslky, I've never attended a VCF, and probably never will, but
when I got to similar events, I always carry a reasonable (for me, it's
large to some of you) toolkit. Certainly enough to kludge up a video
conneciton using soem fandom bit of cable tack-soldered to the pins in
the computer and monitor (yes, said toolkit does include a soldering iron).
But the main reason for having said toolkit is murphey's law. Things will
go wrong if you have no way to fix them, conversely, if you have the
tools, test gear and service manual with oyu, things tned nto to
misbehave. And it reduces my stress level to know that if there's a
simple problem I can sort it out.
-tony