Re: Mac to TV Monitor

[Betty Dawn Hamilton <bhamilt@TENET.EDU>]

On Sat, 10 Sep 1994, Kay Peterson wrote:
>
> Our school already owns a  Presenter Plus that we have used to display
> computer images from an LC III.

Yes, we have a Presenter Plus, too, and it works great on the standard
two piece computer set-up.  By that I mean having a separate cpu and
monitor so that the cables can be changed to run *through* the Presenter
Plus.  My problem is that we have a one-piece Eduquest by IBM.  It has a
9 pin plug that says "out to video" but because the machine is one piece,
there is no cable from the cpu to the monitor to re-route through the
Presenter Plus.  Consequently, I haven't figured out how to make it work.

Any advice?
>
> Demand for using the Presenter Plus is so high that we felt we needed a
> second device. There is now available an even more advanced product for
around $320.

Yes, you are correct about the demand.  The computer teacher "tried it
out" for the remainder of the year last year after our late-in-the-season
purchase.  I didn't mind because I didn't need it at that time.  However,
I would like to use it to explain EBSCO MAS to students now, and I
discovered the connectiing features aren't the same on the library
machine I want to use.  (I had to buy a modulator, too, because the
monitors we have are quite old.  The science department has a newer one
that doesn't need the modulator, and that's the one the computer lab
uses, so they didn't need one.)

The computer teachers bought at Best Buy in Lubbock (40 miles north) an
AlTech (I think that's the brand) ProPC/TV (or something like that) for about
$165.00.  Their devices are a bit simpler to install (but they are also using
sound with theirs, which I don't plan to use yet).

Betty
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