PSone LCD + Apple II c

With the advent of Facebook for catching up with friends, it seems about time to add my geeky news items to this patchy blog. That way anything approaching usefulness can be linked to and indexed by search engines.

This time it's the use of a PSone (AKA PlayStation One, PSOne, PS1 etc) LCD monitor on my old 8-bit Apple //c computer. This model which I bought on Yahoo Auctions Japan is a GameHome 4" COLOR TFT LCD MONITOR LCM-40. Setup looks simpler than the equivalent Sony monitor which, in addition to being an annoyingly circular shape, has a funky combined audio/video input socket.

The LCM-40 is a marginally nicer square shape, and has standard RCA inputs in addition to a small built-in metal stand which can be seen below the yellow video jack in the second pic above. Colours are fine, though it is a bit too small and is quite grainy because of its low resolution. I feel the need to buy the Sony screen which looks excellent in Dean's photo's.

Baby #0

Well, blogging has been moved aside by Facebook for most of my friends, and who am I to argue. If you want to catch up with me online, just search for my name there and add me as a friend.

The big news in the lives of Satoko and me is the birth of our baby daughter Sara. She's a cute little thing, but of course she needs all the love and attention (=time) that we can give. That means even less time for computer-related hobbies like blogging etc.

Well, as a friend said, that's the price of becoming immortal.