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Re: Accessing an old RiscPC hard drive

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In article <ant3109270b0pErr@client.cjemicros.co.uk>,
   Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <slrnk14vfv.29sp.ngb@maple.woodpeckers.frejol.org>, Nick Boalch
> <URL:mailto:ngb@mit.edu> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I am trying to rescue some old files from the hard drive of an old RiscPC, 
> > prior to disposing of it. Unfortunately I no longer have a monitor that the 
> > RiscPC itself will output to,

> A RiscPC should work with almost all LCDs!
> You will probably need *con. sync 0


Yes but perhaps most LCDs won't work on the basic frequencies used if you
do a full reset. If you have a TV with a VGA input (many have these days)
that usually will work from scratch. Although you can always try
configuring things blind.

-- 
*Hang in there, retirement is only thirty years away! *

    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
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Accessing an old RiscPC hard drive Nick Boalch <ngb@mit.edu> - 2012-07-27 11:39 +0000
  Re: Accessing an old RiscPC hard drive Nick Boalch <ngb@mit.edu> - 2012-07-27 11:44 +0000
    Re: Accessing an old RiscPC hard drive Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-07-27 17:46 +0100
      Re: Accessing an old RiscPC hard drive Nick Boalch <ngb@mit.edu> - 2012-07-29 14:08 +0000
        Re: Accessing an old RiscPC hard drive Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-07-29 23:50 +0100
  Re: Accessing an old RiscPC hard drive Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-07-31 10:01 +0100
    Re: Accessing an old RiscPC hard drive "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-07-31 11:28 +0100

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