[TenTec] Re: Contesting--Color displays

[Ken Hunter]

Another more ham oriented (read that as cheap) way of doing that - would be 
to go to walmart - and get some celophane paper of your favorite colors... 
Just overlay the screen with the color of your particular mood for the day....

(yes - that's my way of agreeing - the color thread is getting old - LOL)

73 de Ken


At 6/11/2004 11:36, you wrote:
> >   As it turns out, there is room inside the cabinet to fit the extra
> > circuitry to drive an outboard monitor.  Either my suggestion came too
> > late, or Ten Tec just didn't want to deal with it
>
>So many cooks ;-)
>
>It's more than just a bit of added circuitry to drive an outboard monitor.
>ALL of the display control software in the Orion would have to be
>rewritten to properly designate and format the color, etc -- e.g., it would
>be as if the Orion did have a color display, even though it doesn't.   It's
>not a minor little task or a small added circuit card to drive an external
>monitor port.
>
>I'm amazed this whole color thing just won't die.. :-)
>
>Grant/NQ5T
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