Date   : Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:59:07 -0000
From   : "Kris Adcock" <krisa@...>
Subject: Circuits involving a SAA5050?

Greetings earthlings,

For several years now I've been maintaining a RiscPC system with a teletext
decoder card in it. The card is being used to produce an 80x25 screen of
text as a composite video signal. Now, I need to replace this card, mostly
because the card has a TV tuner in it, and the property where the computer
is based does not have a TV licence. So, I'm looking to build my own
'serverely simplified' version of the card. Using an SAA5050 chip seems to
be an obvious choice, so I was wondering if anyone on this mailing list has
any experience using this chip, or has built anything similar. I'm pretty
good at taking existing circuit diagrams and butchering them to my own evil
ends, but not so hot on starting from scratch.

TIA,

Kris.