Re: C128 composite out from RGBi port hack

From: Justin <shadow_at_darksideresearch.com>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 12:22:01 -0500
Are there any better RGBI to DVI/HDMI/whatever boards yet?  I haven’t looked in a while but the setup I bought a few years ago was a complicated kludge and I’ve sort of been waiting for something better to come along and just using 40 column composite.

Justin

> On May 8, 2019, at 11:48, J. Alexander Jacocks <jjacocks_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It's really useful for both, since the quality of the output is much better from the RGBI port.  It also prevents having to switch inputs on the monitor, which is a major win, in my book.
> 
> I think that we should roll a replacement ROM, and install it as switchable.
> 
> - Alex
> 
> On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 12:26 PM Mia Magnusson <mia_at_plea.se <mailto:mia@plea.se>> wrote:
> Den Tue, 7 May 2019 14:44:22 -0700 skrev Justin Cordesman
> <shadow_at_darksideresearch.com <mailto:shadow@darksideresearch.com>>:
> > I had not seen this before, seemed clever.
> > 
> > https://hackaday.com/2019/05/07/a-quite-obscure-c128-video-mode-hack/ <https://hackaday.com/2019/05/07/a-quite-obscure-c128-video-mode-hack/>
> 
> Cool!
> 
> Actually, 40 column RGBI out from the RGBI port, in C64 mode, but still.
> 
> This might be more usable if it would display 80 columns in C64 mode. 
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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Are there any better RGBI to DVI/HDMI/whatever boards yet? &nbsp;I haven’t looked in a while but the setup I bought a few years ago was a complicated kludge and I’ve sort of been waiting for something better to come along and just using 40 column composite.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Justin<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 8, 2019, at 11:48, J. Alexander Jacocks &lt;<a href="mailto:jjacocks_at_gmail.com" class="">jjacocks@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">It's really useful for both, since the quality of the output is much better from the RGBI port.&nbsp; It also prevents having to switch inputs on the monitor, which is a major win, in my book.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I think that we should roll a replacement ROM, and install it as switchable.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Alex<br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 12:26 PM Mia Magnusson &lt;<a href="mailto:mia@plea.se" class="">mia@plea.se</a>&gt; wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Den Tue, 7 May 2019 14:44:22 -0700 skrev Justin Cordesman<br class="">
&lt;<a href="mailto:shadow_at_darksideresearch.com" target="_blank" class="">shadow@darksideresearch.com</a>&gt;:<br class="">
&gt; I had not seen this before, seemed clever.<br class="">
&gt; <br class="">
&gt; <a href="https://hackaday.com/2019/05/07/a-quite-obscure-c128-video-mode-hack/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://hackaday.com/2019/05/07/a-quite-obscure-c128-video-mode-hack/</a><br class="">
<br class="">
Cool!<br class="">
<br class="">
Actually, 40 column RGBI out from the RGBI port, in C64 mode, but still.<br class="">
<br class="">
This might be more usable if it would display 80 columns in C64 mode. <br class="">
<br class="">
-- <br class="">
(\_/) Copy the bunny to your mails to help<br class="">
(O.o) him achieve world domination.<br class="">
(&gt; &lt;) Come join the dark side.<br class="">
/_|_\ We have cookies.<br class="">
<br class="">
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