Re: Anyone ever attach a mono LCD to a PET?

From: Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 15:25:35 -0400
Message-ID: <CAALmimnRMOa27_iqkFEzdi+XO+sW_ZDRkQfDvNi+2mKT4qWPTQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Steve Gray <sjgray@rogers.com> wrote:
> Ethan,
>
> It's true, the specs for the 1550M do not list 15kHz but it does work.

Interesting.  I never would have guessed.

> There
> are various discussions on the Amiga and Atari forums that list a variety of
> LCD VGA monitors that work. I've recently discussed this on the TorontoCBM
> list as well.
>
> http://www.freelists.org/post/torontocbm/Amiga-15kHz-LCD-monitor-followup
> http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/monadapt.htm
> http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=51894

Nice.  That's very helpful (I also have Amigas).

> Another option is to get one of those arcade RGB converters that are
> basically scan-doublers. The go for about $18-30 on ebay and convert 15kHz
> to 30kHz for standard vga monitors. This might be the easiest solutions. You
> could feed the PET's video signal into the green input and simulate the PET
> display quite nicely I'd guess.

That is another possibility.  I do have a couple of standard 12" VGA
LCDs that run on 12V (external PSU) that would work well for this.

Thanks,

-ethan

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