6 Oct
2003
6 Oct
'03
11:24 a.m.
On Oct 5, 18:24, Tony Duell wrote:
While looking for Econet bits, I found the
above-mentioned unit
(Morely
Electronics Teletext Adapter).
Morley, not Morely :-)
It's clearly a BBC periperal. On the back is
Belling-Lee coaxial
socket
(standard TV aerial connector), and a piece of 6 way
ribbon cable.
This
splits, 4 wires go to a 20 pin 2-row IDC header socket
(presumably
BBC
User Port, the connections would then be +5V, Ground,
and 2 lines for
I2C
SCL and SDA). The other 2 wires go to a plug to fit
the BBC's power
outlet socket, to get 12V.
Does anyone know anything about this unit, and more
importantly,
anyone
know where I can get the software to use it (it's
certainly not
compatable with the Acorn Teletext unit).
You need the Advanced Teletext Software ROM, which I've got in my
archive. There's also an additional extension ROM. It does neat
things like autotuning, and is reputedly rather superior to the Acorn
Teletext Adaptor, though not having ever owned a Morley one, I wouldn't
really know. Ther'es also some inofrmation on it on The BBC Lives!
website.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
6 Oct
6 Oct
7:01 p.m.
At 00:24 07/10/2003 +0100, Pete Turnbull wrote:
On Oct 5, 18:24, Tony Duell wrote:
I've got what I believe to be one of these buried in my boxes somewhere
too.... but just a bare board, with several of the wires to the ribbon
cable detached from the board.... I would be very grateful if you were
able to open it up and take a pic of where all the wires go, as there was
no obvious row of pins to connect to. It looked somewhat.. messy.. to
me. Then, when I have time to go digging through the boxes again, I can
finally fix it (after about 15 years of waiting!)
While looking for Econet bits, I found the
above-mentioned unit
(Morely
Electronics Teletext Adapter).
Morley, not Morely :-)
It's clearly a BBC periperal. On the back is
Belling-Lee coaxial
socket
(standard TV aerial connector), and a piece of 6
way ribbon cable.
This
splits, 4 wires go to a 20 pin 2-row IDC header
socket (presumably
BBC
User Port, the connections would then be +5V,
Ground, and 2 lines for
I2C
SCL and SDA). The other 2 wires go to a plug to
fit the BBC's power
outlet socket, to get 12V.
Does anyone know anything about this unit, and
more importantly,
anyone
> know where I can get the software to use it (it's certainly not
> compatable with the Acorn Teletext unit). You need the Advanced Teletext Software ROM, which
I've got in my
archive. There's also an additional extension ROM. It does neat
things like autotuning, and is reputedly rather superior to the Acorn
Teletext Adaptor, though not having ever owned a Morley one, I wouldn't
really know. Ther'es also some inofrmation on it on The BBC Lives!
website.
When I had mine working, many many years back, yes, it was definitely
better. Lots more fun things you could do. Shame I can't remember them
now ...
Rob.
7 Oct
7 Oct
6:28 a.m.
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