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30th May 2014, 4:44 pm
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Dekatron
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK.
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Pineapple converter.
I bought my Pineapple converter in 1993 and it has been brought out of storage and pressed into service for the Bush TV22 which was a recent topic in the vintage TV and video part of the Forum.
This field store converter still works very well. How many Pineapple converters are still use today? Mine is built into an Eddystone box and a Maplin switch mode power supply installed along with the converter's PCB. DFWB. |
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30th May 2014, 5:44 pm
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Rest in Peace
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re: Pineapple converter.
I have an original sales leaflet for the Pineapple, probably rarer than the converter....
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30th May 2014, 6:23 pm
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Heptode
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands.
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Re: Pineapple converter.
I accommodated my Pineapple together with a power supply in a case of an old modem.
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30th May 2014, 6:33 pm
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Dekatron
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Re: Pineapple converter.
And a very nice job you made of it too if I may say so.
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30th May 2014, 9:24 pm
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Dekatron
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Re: Pineapple converter.
Excellent, iI have a David Grant Dinosaur as well as an Auroa.Yep, iI have spelt it wrong!
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30th May 2014, 9:54 pm
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Dekatron
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Re: Pineapple converter.
Hi Jac,
Your Pineapple converter has a very professional look. I like the idea of the interpolation mode switch on the front panel. DFWB. |
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31st May 2014, 8:35 am
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Heptode
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands.
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Re: Pineapple converter.
Hi David,
Thanks. With hindsight I could have omitted the interpolation switch, because it turned out that I only use one position: dip-switch 2 down and 3 + 4 up (=position 4 on the front switch). This gave the best visual result on a moving scene. Thanks Dave! The main reason to add some text to the controls and connectors is that I otherwise soon forget what their function is... Attached some scans of my notes I made at the time, and a picture of part of the inside. Jac |
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1st Jun 2014, 12:48 am
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Hexode
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: London, UK.
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Re: Pineapple converter.
I still have a Pineapple converter though I have not used it since upgrading to an Aurora.
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2nd Jun 2014, 6:59 am
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Heptode
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Re: Pineapple converter.
David,
Is your masterpiece, your original standards converter, still in use anywhere? The Eddystone boxes were/are quite expensive but very good at keeping RF radiation inside (or outside) and a joy to work with. Jac |
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2nd Jun 2014, 10:49 am
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Dekatron
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Re: Pineapple converter.
Hi Jac,
The Pineapple converter along with the Darius (OldEurope) modulator was taken out of retirement to supply 405 signals to a Bush TV22 which is on display at a local museum. It's part of a of nineteen-fifties setting. DVDs supply the period video material. I've got to say the old converter does give a good account of itself although it goes with saying the Aurora is better and has the advantage of the test pattern C. In due course the Pineapple will be returned to me when a new Aurora is bought. DFWB. |
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