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I think that this TV is from the 1990s, not from 1980s, because design screams it. Also there is no brand name anywhere, so the manufacturer is not proud of this cheap device, the front panel captions are screen printed, DC barrel connector has the modern polarity sign with a negative sleeve.
Interestingly, you can buy similar ones on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Coby-CX-TV1-Black-White-Tuner/dp/B000...
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Waaay back in the day of PCs (late 80s, early 90s) the way to get "high res graphics" and "dual screens" was to hook up to your PC (which was usually an actual IBM machine) a CGA monitor for regular usage, and then add a Hercules card and monitor for the "second display". Downside was that the Hercules - while being very high resolution for the day - was only monochrome, and amber. But it was a common solution for ma…
I had Hercules for my first "IBM PC" computer, while everyone else either had CGA, EGA or even VGA! - It was the computer that my uncle left, before leaving for US - And yes, it was meant to run AutoCAD - lol Being bored of not too many games working, I decided to take matter in my hands. Early on, I got into making various resident applications - and made one (used Turbo Pascal with inline assembly), where I would "…
My plan was to make it a self-contained old-school PC (with green cellophane film on the monitor for aesthetics) and internally mounting the RPi inside the shell, but I'm being held back by my fear of the high-voltage circuitry of the CRT, and a couple of stripped screws.
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When my daughter asks me "Daddy, can you ", I usually reply with "Yes" and then leave it at that. Then should responds with "WILL you ", and I do it. I very clearly taught her the difference between can and will by doing so. And now she does the same thing to my wife. And I get in trouble for it. It's great.
May I humbly suggest training her to say "Will you please ..."?
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When my daughter asks me "Daddy, can you ", I usually reply with "Yes" and then leave it at that. Then should responds with "WILL you ", and I do it. I very clearly taught her the difference between can and will by doing so. And now she does the same thing to my wife. And I get in trouble for it. It's great.
What's the point of that "lesson"? In English and many other languages politeness in asking for something is achieved by beating around the bush. That's just how it works. "Could you do me a favor and look into that issue?". Answering yes implies you'll do it. Same goes for the "woulds" and "cans" and "mind doing ... s".
It's the same as everyone knows what she means when she says "libary", but I correct her to pronounce it "library".
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I had Hercules for my first "IBM PC" computer, while everyone else either had CGA, EGA or even VGA! - It was the computer that my uncle left, before leaving for US - And yes, it was meant to run AutoCAD - lol Being bored of not too many games working, I decided to take matter in my hands. Early on, I got into making various resident applications - and made one (used Turbo Pascal with inline assembly), where I would "…
simcga was a similar utility, it used B800h for the CGA-compatible frame buffer (the card also had memory in that location as a secondary graphics page): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_Graphics_Card#CGA_emu...
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What's the point of that "lesson"? In English and many other languages politeness in asking for something is achieved by beating around the bush. That's just how it works. "Could you do me a favor and look into that issue?". Answering yes implies you'll do it. Same goes for the "woulds" and "cans" and "mind doing ... s".
They two different questions. One is asking if you are you able to, the other if you are willing to. I don't teach my daughter to correct people outside the house, but I do want her to speak properly when out there. It's the same as everyone knows what she means when she says "libary", but I correct her to pronounce it "library".
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simcga was a similar utility, it used B800h for the CGA-compatible frame buffer (the card also had memory in that location as a secondary graphics page): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_Graphics_Card#CGA_emu...
If I only knew back then, but it might've not been been available to me. Or it's possible that I've tried it, and might've even relied on it, as I played other games, but this one, along with few others were VGA only. Wow, now that i think of it... it was long time ago... Just trying to squeze that last bit of 640kb with QEMM... looool