Connecting A500 to modern TV/monitor?

Rich Carreiro

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Feb 17, 2011, 12:01:04 PM2/17/11

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Is there any way to connect an A500 to a LCD TV or
computer monitor?

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Rich Carreiro rlc-...@rlcarr.com

Bobbie Sellers

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Feb 17, 2011, 12:29:10 PM2/17/11

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It depends on the available connectors and the
range of supportted frequencies.
You might have to go to an external scan doubler.
It might not work with all games or even comfortably
with all the serious packages like word and data processors.
The URL below should tell you more about the adapter
and I must say this item is far more compact than the item
I had seen before as well as cheaper.

<http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=183>

later & good luck with your A500
bliss

Clocky

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Feb 18, 2011, 5:58:50 PM2/18/11

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Rich Carreiro wrote:
> Is there any way to connect an A500 to a LCD TV or
> computer monitor?

A520 modulator has colour composite out, so just connect that to the
composite input of the LCD TV (or computer monitor if it has composite input
as some do).

If you want better picture quality you might need a scandoubler, not sure
where you would find one these days.

Clocky

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Feb 19, 2011, 11:21:49 PM2/19/11

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"Bobbie Sellers" <bl...@sfo.com> wrote in message
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I don't think many games will work with that adapter as the screen modes
listed are workbench ones and games generally hit the hardware directly.

Anssi Saari

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Feb 20, 2011, 8:34:28 AM2/20/11

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"Clocky" <not...@happen.com> writes:

>> <http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=183>
>>
>
> I don't think many games will work with that adapter as the screen modes
> listed are workbench ones and games generally hit the hardware directly.

I suppose that adapter is just a physical one? I.e. very few VGA
monitors will show anything from an A500 with it. OTOH, a multisync
monitor will be fine, but those are kinda rare now.

They do seem to have the real deal too in stock, "Indivision ECS
Scandoubler / Flicker Fixer", a link from the abovementioned page.

Markus Faust

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Feb 28, 2011, 8:14:30 AM2/28/11

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Am 17.02.2011 18:01, schrieb Rich Carreiro:
> Is there any way to connect an A500 to a LCD TV or
> computer monitor?

In Europe many TV sets are equipped with a SCART connector, which can
(on some models) be used to input RGB signals:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCART

I don't know how common this connector is in the USA or if there are
alternative ways for feeding RGB signals to a TV.

I have connected my A1200 to a Samsung T240HD via a selfmade cable like
this:
http://pinouts.ru/VideoCables/AmigaScart_pinout.shtml
After turning off all the "image enhancement" algorithms on the T240HD
this works quite well.

One more hint for building a cable yourself:
Use quality cable with 75ohm coaxial cables at least for the RGB
components (an old vga cable should be fine).

HTH
Markus

alpha12

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Jan 31, 2014, 12:09:01 PM1/31/14

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can get an rgb scart lead from ebay £8.99

Niels Pedersen

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Feb 23, 2014, 2:32:49 AM2/23/14

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there are cheaper ways to do this

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=30752
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDP8cvIXtFY

! this hack will work in any Amiga 2