Re: connecting a commodore 8032 motherboard to modern screen

From: Rob Clarke <crock_at_clarke-family.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 00:32:20 +0200
Message-ID: <a061921b-b15c-a347-c368-446b961ff146@clarke-family.org.uk>
OK, I got that slightly wrong.  Mat's composite adapter was specifically 
for non-CRTC PET's which generate a positive h-sync, which is therefore 
what his board expects, so I inverted it on the board using the jumper. 
Depending on what composite solution you use, this may not be necessary.


On 18/08/2016 00:11, Rob Clarke wrote:
>
> IIRC, you need to invert the h-sync signal and the video signal as 
> well to display on composite. There is a jumper somewhere on the 8032 
> board that will allow you to invert h-sync but I used a CRTC register 
> to invert the video signal.
>
> I know I've done it on an 8032 to a cheapo LCD composite with one of 
> Mat D'Asaro's boards, the jumper on the board, plus a kernal to invert 
> the video-on signal and set the timing somewhere close to PAL.
>
> cheers,
>
> Rob
>
>
>
> On 17/08/2016 15:58, Steve Gray wrote:
>> The 8032's video output is at 20kHz which is not very standard. 
>> Luckily you can modify the CRTC registers and play with the timing. 
>> The best option is to change it to ~15kHz to match NTSC or PAL 
>> timing. At that point you can use a simple one-chip circuit to 
>> generate composite video ($2). You could also build something like my 
>> ColourPET circuit to generate RGBI or RGB analog for a Commodore 108x 
>> Monitor, or to a SCART TV (not all), or to a GBS82xx converter (video 
>> scaler)  ($25) to get VGA, or to a SCART to HDMI adapter (video 
>> scaler) ($30).
>>
>> It's been on my to-do list for a long time to try the GBS adapter (I 
>> have one) and the SCART to HDMI (also have one). Someone else here 
>> successfully connected the PET to a GBS adapter. It's just a matter 
>> of tweeking the timing and the signal voltages.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Didier Derny <didier@aida.org>
>> *To:* cbm-hackers@musoftware.de
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 17, 2016 7:40 AM
>> *Subject:* connecting a commodore 8032 motherboard to modern screen
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> any idea on how I can connect a commodore 8032 motherboard to a modern
>> screen ?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> --
>> didier
>>
>>
>>
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