Date   : Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:22:33 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Using a TFT screen for Beeb output

On 13/07/07, Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...> wrote:
>
> :-) Best thing to do on a crowded desk is probably to have a TV card in a PC
> and use that to hook up vintage devices, I'm afraid :-(

I do this ... I tried using a "Logic 3 VGA Box" to link the Beebs up,
but it seems that the (second hand) model I have doesn't like talking
to TFTs.

There ARE similar more modern devices that will do the job, e..g this one:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=217676&doy=13m7

What I /have/ considered, if they ever come down in price enough so
it's worth replacing my monitor, is to use an LCD-TV as monitor - they
generally have SCART inputs so will take the output from a Beeb no
problem, and most have a VGA input so you can link to the PC.  You may
have a more limited range of resolutions that a dedicated monitor,
though.

(We've got a huge plasma in the front room, that has a VGA input, but
at the distance I sit my 15" laptop screen on my lap is larger and
easier to see...)

>
> re. Google's web interface - bleurgh. Far more useful to set up a real mail
> client and use POP access to get to your email, IME (subject to you being in
> an environment where you can do that, of course). I've seen better graphical
> interfaces on the beeb from 20 years ago :-)

Oh I dunno.. I've been using google apps mail lately, which I assume
is gmail in disguise, and am pretty happy with it.  I used to use
Eudora, but with nearly 2GB in it's mail folders it was getting
terribly slow and unreliable.  I just use that to download and archive
the mail now.  At least threading works nicely..

Rob