Crazy Monitor idea for old Home Computers

[Zane H. Healy]

> >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?
> 
> I don't know about that, but for a short while, I was running a C-128 
> into my PowerMac 6500's composite input and viewing the screen inside the 
> PowerMac. I can't speak for how well this would work long term, as I only 
> did it long enough to test the C-128 (only a few hours over the course of 
> about a week).
> 
> I got the idea, I thought from this list a number of years ago.
> 
> -chris

I've done this briefly with my PowerMac 8500 back around 1997, which was
where I came up with the idea.  The 8500 has the advantage of being able to
handle both NTSC and PAL signals (not sure what other Mac's succh as yours
can handle).

		Zane