22 Apr
2005
22 Apr
'05
3:59 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 6:43 PM
Subject: Crazy Monitor idea for old Home Computers
I've been giving some serious thought about breaking out either one of my
Apple //'s, C-64's, or maybe even the Amiga 500, as I feel like playing
some
old games.
These days I don't really have the space to set one (or all) up. Then I
had
an idea on how to save some space. All three of these
systems were
intended
to plug into a monitor that was basically a TV.
Has anyone tried to plug an old Home computer into an Analog to Digital TV
converter such as the Canopus ADVC-100, and then use a mondern computer
with a Firewire port and video capture software as a monitor?
Alternatively, would an Apple // work with a Commodore 2002 monitor?
Zane
Closest thing to universal would be a Commodore 1084 monitor with multiple
inputs like the one I have (RCA, Analog and Digital) Works with Amiga, C64,
and even 80 column C128 mode)