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Thursday, 16 March 2023
quote [ It's really like they looked into the future and build it with 70s technology ]
The excitedness of the speaker wears me down a bit, but it's nice to have someone explain robust PC concepts on a machine that predates the more common ones. And the original designer helps him out on fixing the keyboard! via Kroc Camen (Blog)
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eddiebax said @ 11:31pm GMT on 17th Mar
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Have one with all the peripherals and manuals that Dad bought in 1977. The B&W CRT is long dead, however. Not sure how to get a signal out of it and into a 21st Century flat screen.
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mechanical contrivance said @ 1:22pm GMT on 18th Mar
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According to Wikipedia, the Sol-20 outputs a composite video signal. I found this on another web site:
"The Sol-20 uses a SO-239 video connector instead of the more common RCA type. Fortunately I have a good stock of ham radio cables and I was able to find a PL-259 to BNC adapter (PL-259 is the male counterpart to the SO-239), and a BNC to RCA cable." Here's a PL-259 to rca female adapter: https://www.amazon.com/FEMALE-Pigtail-coaxial-Quality-Shipping/dp/B01AQXM3E6 Once you have the composite video signal coming out of a female rca jack, you either need a monitor with a standard composite input, or a video upscaler that can take a composite input. You could use an old crt monitor with composite input or a black and white TV with composite input. You can use a color TV, but the image won't be as sharp. If you want to use a modern LCD with HDMI input, use an upscaler such as the retrotink or similar device. |
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mechanical contrivance said @ 12:16pm GMT on 16th Mar
Neat.
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