DEC Rainbow 100+ Plus

[Rod Smallwood]

Hi
   Thanks.. 
 
   Yes I knew about the feed another monitor with comp video idea (I do
a bit of amateur television)  
   However, a real VT201 has turned up in the UK.
   This is going to be really nice, I have a huge heap of software all
specifically for the Rainbow.
   Or will it be  "How much have I forgotten in 25 years"

   Next task = find the colour graphics adapter that goes with the
Rainbow (after making sure this one has not got one)

   Regards 
   Rod.

    	

-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks
Sent: 13 August 2007 13:24
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: DEC Rainbow 100+ Plus

On 8/10/07, Rod Smallwood <RodSmallwood at mail.ediconsulting.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi
>     I am now the owner of a DEC Rainbow 100 Plus....
> The bad news is the tube in the VR201 monitor is shot.
>
> So...
>    I need:
>
>         a) A  replacement tube.
>
>         or
>
>         b) a Digital VR201-A , -B or -C
>
>         or
>
>         d) A colour graphics card for a DEC Rainbow. 100+
>
>
> Anybody knowing the whereabouts any of the above please contact me.

You have another option... the video input to a VR201 is NTSC "composite
video", also called RS-170.  I see you are in the UK, so an NTSC monitor
might not be as easy to find as a VR201, but will work if you have one
handy.

I made a DA15-RCA cable years ago to hook a VR201 to an Amiga 2000 that
I used as a hardware test platform (so I didn't care about a lack of
color).  I have to admit that I haven't "gone the other way" and used a
non-DEC monitor on a Rainbow, but there's no reason to expect it won't
work.

I recently saw my Amiga cable, but the VR201, unfortunately, fell off
the workbench some years ago, and the tube bit the dust.  I pitched the
plastic housing and saved the analog board, IIRC.

-ethan