Back in 2005 I had finished two NBTV projects - my ROMScanner image source which contained NBTV still images in EEPROM, and my Virtual Televisor which permitted display of good-sized NBTV images on a PC. I was closing up my lab at the University and visualizing a placid retirement that would provide ample time for NBTV and vintage radio projects. Little did I realize that I would be serving additional years as department Head - where the pace of life does not admit the possibility of outside creative projects.
Now, still not retired, but relieved of the burdens of an administrator, I have warmed up by building a vintage amateur radio transmitter and now it is once again time time for vintage television.
(1) The first thing I did was to restart my NBTV website:
http://taggart.glg.msu.edu/nbtv/nbtv.htm
(2) Next I dug out the Virtual Televisor, which was used for virtually all the NBTV images on the website. That turned out to be a wasted effort as none of my computers will run the software which was developed in a DOS environment. That is a small matter as Gary's Big Picture doesn't need an interface and is designed for Windows!
(3) Found the ROMScanner and it faithfully generates images just like it used to! I also found my club NBTV disks.
My next project "back in the day" was going to be a classic Nipkow-disc televisor and I managed to locate the critical pieces of that project including my 32-line Yanczer disc, the DC motor, and all my custom circuit boards.
I was smart enough to keep my membership up-to-date so have been able to follow the creativity of other members of the Club. A Nipkow-disc monitor is very basic, but this one, when finished, will have some features of interest. Thank you all for the continuous inspiration.
Ralph