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From: dpalermo@aludra.usc.edu (Dan Palermo)
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Subject: Re: VCR as RF modulator report
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Date: 6 Feb 91 20:31:11 GMT
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DCS4@psuvm.psu.edu (Dave Shaffer) writes:
>Based on some suggestions obtained from responses to a question in a
>previous post to comp.sys.apple2, I tried using my VCR as a radio
>frequency (RF) modulator to connect my color TV as a monitor to my
>Apple IIe. It worked fine; here's my report:
....
>The suggestion to use the VCR was a good one -- I patched the video
>out from the IIe to the video in port on the VCR; turned the TV, VCR,
>and computer on; set the TV to the correct channel and there it was!

  I use my VCR in a similar but reversed mode.  Being poor grad students,
a friend of mine brought over his VCR and hooked the video out into the
Apple // Color Composite monitor.  This allows you to use your monitor
as a TV (as long as you also have some sort of stereo to take the audio
out from the VCR ;-).  I now operate both my computer and my VCR through
my monitor through a cheap A/B switch box and have no need for another
CRT (namely a TV).  This is nice when I have a project I need to finish
on the computer and a TV program I just "have" to watch.  I just watch
the VCR till a commercial or a slow spot in the story and then hit the
switch box to change to the computer.  When I hear the TV program becoming
interesting again, I just switch back to the VCR.  (less productive than
just working on the project, but at least I am working 8-)

  Pretty simple application of equipment, but many people who see the
setup are kind of surprised at first.  If you're out there Ed (change),
thanks for the idea, it is still working great!!

  Dan Palermo
  dpalermo@usc.edu