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The Videx was cool. I had one in my Plus for a while, and remember missing that when I scored my favorite machine, which was the Platinum. I have one today, a

The Videx was cool. I had one in my Plus for a while, and remember missing that when I scored my favorite machine, which was the Platinum. I have one today, and it's still my favorite. :D What end up doing was just chain the video together. Run both screens. The other 8 bit machines with a similar capability ended up being the Commodore 128. It's a real two display machine along with the original PC 5150? One could install both monochrome and a color display adapter and get use out of both displays independently.

rbanffy 5y ago
What I would LOVE today is a modern clone of the UltraTerm. Extra points if it has an input for the motherboard video that can be overlaid or obscured by the UltraTerm, and outputs via VGA and HDMI. I never saw an MDA/CGA PC, but I saw a couple with Hercules and CGA and a few with an [CG|MD]A and a high end something paired with a gigantic screen fed with 4 BNC connections. Normally the card with the BNC outputs would have more memory and a faster CPU than the PC.
- ddingus 5y ago
  You got me to go looking at Videx stuff this morning. I keep an Apple //e on my workbench, just like it was so many years ago. I use it for some light gaming, and the current games are whatever INFOCOM text adventure I am poking at and Nox Archaist. I bought that one new, and it was developed as a labor of love. Fantastic! ULTIMA style game as if it were seriously developed today, and I suppose it was, but I digress. I also use it for writing and calculations and quickie tasks. So, I just learned the Videx cards work in the //e machines just fine. I could have kept mine back then, but I let it go with the Apple 2 Plus I sold off a while back. About 10 years ago, I decided to get a Platinum because the retro scene was heating up and I just miss having a good 8 bit workstation around for the occassional fun project. Given the Videx cards work in all Apple 2 8 bit machines with slots, a clone makes sense! I would use it myself, ideally with CP/M and or Appleworks for writing. But, it would also be cool to have it to do dual screen development too. So yeah, could be a fun project. Making an apple card and doing something with it is on my retro project list. Who knows? Next time I free up, I may look at this. I have been looking for a video related project for a while. Neat idea! Just for fun, I am sharing my current setup. FastChip 65C802 / 65C816 accelerator card. This one runs any clock from about 0.3Mhz up through a little over 16Mhz! Absolutely great card. Works reliably and comes with a little control and cable for you to adjust in real time, while programs are running! It does the job glitch free. CFFA 3000 Storage emulation. This one makes modern storage available for use with the Apple. Super Serial card, stock, unmodified. Got a CP/M card in the mail due to arrive sometime this month. These Apple machines are fun to just tinker with, and slowly build up to an interesting computer. Hardware demand is actually respectable enough to support projects like this. I wonder how many others would be interested in a similar card? I will ask around. Just curious at this point.
- ddingus 5y ago
  I used a PC setup with MDA and CGA back in the day. Was spiffy and seemed futuristic and powerful. A Hercules card would be superior. Maybe the BNC one was the Professional Graphics Adapter. Amazingly, IBM did setup things to allow all three devices to un together and offer independent addressable displays! Someone showed a setup like that at the Midwest retro computing show last year.

rbanffy 5y ago

What I would LOVE today is a modern clone of the UltraTerm. Extra points if it has an input for the motherboard video that can be overlaid or obscured by the UltraTerm, and outputs via VGA and HDMI. I never saw an MDA/CGA PC, but I saw a couple with Hercules and CGA and a few with an [CG|MD]A and a high end something paired with a gigantic screen fed with 4 BNC connections. Normally the card with the BNC outputs would have more memory and a faster CPU than the PC.

ddingus 5y ago
You got me to go looking at Videx stuff this morning. I keep an Apple //e on my workbench, just like it was so many years ago. I use it for some light gaming, and the current games are whatever INFOCOM text adventure I am poking at and Nox Archaist. I bought that one new, and it was developed as a labor of love. Fantastic! ULTIMA style game as if it were seriously developed today, and I suppose it was, but I digress. I also use it for writing and calculations and quickie tasks. So, I just learned the Videx cards work in the //e machines just fine. I could have kept mine back then, but I let it go with the Apple 2 Plus I sold off a while back. About 10 years ago, I decided to get a Platinum because the retro scene was heating up and I just miss having a good 8 bit workstation around for the occassional fun project. Given the Videx cards work in all Apple 2 8 bit machines with slots, a clone makes sense! I would use it myself, ideally with CP/M and or Appleworks for writing. But, it would also be cool to have it to do dual screen development too. So yeah, could be a fun project. Making an apple card and doing something with it is on my retro project list. Who knows? Next time I free up, I may look at this. I have been looking for a video related project for a while. Neat idea! Just for fun, I am sharing my current setup. FastChip 65C802 / 65C816 accelerator card. This one runs any clock from about 0.3Mhz up through a little over 16Mhz! Absolutely great card. Works reliably and comes with a little control and cable for you to adjust in real time, while programs are running! It does the job glitch free. CFFA 3000 Storage emulation. This one makes modern storage available for use with the Apple. Super Serial card, stock, unmodified. Got a CP/M card in the mail due to arrive sometime this month. These Apple machines are fun to just tinker with, and slowly build up to an interesting computer. Hardware demand is actually respectable enough to support projects like this. I wonder how many others would be interested in a similar card? I will ask around. Just curious at this point.
ddingus 5y ago
I used a PC setup with MDA and CGA back in the day. Was spiffy and seemed futuristic and powerful. A Hercules card would be superior. Maybe the BNC one was the Professional Graphics Adapter. Amazingly, IBM did setup things to allow all three devices to un together and offer independent addressable displays! Someone showed a setup like that at the Midwest retro computing show last year.