Re: Another Apple II monitor / Nintendo question.

["Brian J. Bernstein" <bernstbj@ix.netcom.com>]

Jeff Blakeney wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 24 Jun 1997 00:19:08 -0400, "Brian J. Bernstein"
> <bernstbj@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> >  On these lines, anyone ever connect a comput ... excuse me, I mean, an
> >_Apple_ Computer to one of those Sony Watchmans or other tiny TV
> >screens? I've seen several over the years that actually had external
> >input jacks on them
> 
> Back a few years when I was working as a Security Officer in a
> corporate office building, I wanted to take my IIgs into work with me
> to play games and do a little work on the midnight and weekend shifts.
> 
> I ended up taking the computer with my mouse, keyboard, 3.5" drive and
> a 5" black and white TV.  I connected the IIgs to the TV with an RF
> modulator that I ripped out of an broken old pong type game.  I
> powered both the TV and RF modulator from a 12V power supply.
> 
> The TV actually gave a surprisingly good image.  If the TV had been
> colour, I imagine my results wouldn't have been as good but what I
> used worked for me.

  I guess the next step would be to swap out a Commodore SX-64's
motherboard and floppy for a //e (or IIgs) and drive..  project?

  Where the heck can you find an SX-64 nowadays though :)

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Brian J. Bernstein
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