Crazy Monitor idea for old Home Computers

[9000 VAX]

On 4/22/05, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
> 
> 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?

People might think that your next step is to replace your vintage
computers with simulators.

vax, 9000

> 
> Alternatively, would an Apple // work with a Commodore 2002 monitor?
> 
>                 Zane
> 
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