i had (maybe still do) a simple 9 pin "d" to single RCA cable that allowed me to use a composite monochrome screen back in the '80's on my 128. --Ray On May 8, 2012, at 5:42 PM, Justin wrote: > The Magnavox 15MF605T/17 is a small LCD, cheap to get now that it > is discontinued, and accepts composite, split composite, component, > and VGA inputs. I use one with my 128DCR. I just wish it could > accept the screwy almost-EGA output from the 128D. I've never been > able to use the 128D in 80 column mode, the adapters for that are > pricey for what they do, which would be ok, but no one seems to > like the output from them either, so I've never tried. > > Justin > > On May 8, 2012, at 15:41 , Anders Carlsson wrote: > >> Steve Gray wrote: >> >>> You could feed the PET's video signal into the green input and >>> simulate the PET display quite nicely I'd guess. >> >> Nice idea! I used to own one of those RGB to VGA converters, but >> as it didn't fit my application (*) I sold it to a friend. Usually >> when it comes to composite video one has a full colour signal so >> your approach would not be very useful, but in the PET application >> it probably would work. >> >> (*) I wanted to use it with my Amstrad MegaPC, that outputs a 31 >> kHz sigal in DOS/PC mode and a 15 kHz signal in Sega Megadrive >> mode, both from the same 15-pin connector. The boards listed on >> eBay claim they accept VGA input, but apparently this is false >> information. When converting from 15 to 31 kHz, the board worked >> well but when "bypassing" 31 kHz it produced an image that my VGA >> monitor couldn't sync to - perhaps 62 kHz or something equally >> stupid? >> >> Best regards >> >> Anders Carlsson >> >> >> Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list > > > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list > --------------------------------------------------------------- |Raymond C. Bryan 651-642-9890 vox | The battle is sometimes | |Raymond Computer 651-642-9891 fax | to the small for | |2402 University Ave -email: raycomp | the bigger they are | |St Paul MN 55114 @visi.com | the harder they fall. | |USA Amiga - Commodore | -- James Thurber -- | http://www.raymondcomputer.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2012-05-09 01:00:22
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