Hi Dano, and welcome! It's been discussed many times but AFAIK there's no modern DVI emulator; you can *sort of* duplicate the display or (and?) storage capabilities with an old laptop (even wirelessly) but there hasn't been much interest in adapting the DVI 80-column display firmware. Most people seem more interested in WiFi and BT access to/through a phone or tablet these days.
Making a DVI cable's not difficult; you need an old 40-pin PC hard disk cable (or two) and something like this: http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/CWR-130-40-0203/CDP40S-ND/1122542 To protect the pins at the bus connector you can use an intermediate socket, either a ZIF socket or even just an ordinary 40-pin DIP socket. You can also split the cable in two; a short piece that you can double-side-tape to the back of the M100 which sort of turns it into a 102 and gives you a sturdier (dis)connect, and a male-male intermediate 'adapter' to connect to a regular female-female cable. This also simplifies assembly. I'm away for the weekend but I'll try to take some pics if that isn't clear. Don't know of anyone else who has a bubble memory unit, although we're certainly interested in hearing more about it! And a Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian friends! mike ----- Original Message ----- From: dano To: m100@lists.bitchin100.com Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 8:23 PM Subject: [M100] DVI One thing I had in college and composed many a papers on was a DVI. Did anyone ever miniaturize the electronics for this? I do remember some trepidation with the cable that bridged the 100 and DVI - lots of little pins, just asking to get broken. I've seen a couple of offers for sale of DVI's - but didn't happen to spot the cables - would that be problematic, if I wanted to bring the old page white monitor or green screen band back together again? Since you guys are m100 hobbyist, I did buy many years ago - because I saw it advertised SOME WHERE - a bubble memory unit for the m100. I'd never seen another. Any of you folks have one? Any opinions? Thanks! Dano
