Re: 2001:A Space Odyssey, SpaceX, A.I.

On 15 Jun 2026 at 13:38:37 BST, "Paul" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun, 6/14/2026 6:41 PM, David B. wrote:
>> On 14/06/2026 13:00, Daniel70 wrote:
>>> On 14/06/2026 9:28 pm, Chris wrote:
>>>> David B. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> On 13/06/2026 17:29, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> HAL 9000: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" - YouTube
>>>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARJ8cAGm6JE>
>>>>> What happened AFTER that?!!!
>>>> 
>>>> *Surely* you've seen the film?!
>>>> 
>>>> If not, then, very much recommend you spend 2hrs watching it. Iconic.
>>>> 
>>>> You can rent it from Amazon Prime, Sky or Youtube.
>>>> 
>>> I can fondly remember spending AU$75 in about 1982/3 to buy a used/Ex-
>>> Rental BETA format Tape of 2001:A Space Odyssey.
>>> 
>>> I think I STILL have the Tape ... although the Player has long since gone.
>>> Now I also have a DVD of the Film, though!!
>> 
>> Thanks for responding, Daniel! :-)
>> 
>> I've still got my Panasonic Video player. My intention had been to see
>> if I could somehow connect it to my Apple iMac!
>> 
>> Anyone reading here ever done that? (Please respond in ACW).
>> 
> 
> When you don't use things like your Panasonic Video player,
> the transports jam up. The very first tape you put in it,
> and punch play, should be a blank tape or a tape you can
> afford to lose. It might not be working well enough, to
> be spending money on conversion devices. The heat of keeping
> them plugged in, that power supply that continues working
> (even though the transport is not powered), that seems
> to keep the materials dry in there.
> 
> To capture video, you might have used kit like this.
> But it depends on what software is needed to work the
> USB end of this, whether it will work on your particular
> Apple machine.
> 
>    # Premium Composite RCA Scart RGB S-Video To USB Video Frame Grabber For PC
> 
>    https://www.ebay.com/itm/312451193099
> 
> My other machine, has a PCI Express TV tuner card, and it has both
> analog and digital capture options. I have a VCR, but
> the quality of the signal that comes from VCRs, does not
> encourage spending time and effort getting that USB thing
> working.
> 
> It's just easier to plug your Panasonic Video player,
> into an old analog colour TV set you kept, and admire the
> signal that way. If the picture seems a bit fuzzy, you
> haven't spent any money on getting a digital fuzzy picture
> on your Apple iMac. The idea is, to view the content one
> time, without fussing too much over the process. As the
> fussing cannot pay off (the Garbage-In-Garbage-Out problem
> of video as a hobby).
> 
>    Paul

Thank you for your comments, Paul. I think I'll refrain from trying to view
VHS tapes on my Apple iMac!

I hope I may soon have access to an old TV following the recent death of an
elderly widow who was my friend.
It will depend on the generosity of her executors! ;-)

-- 
David