Date   : Thu, 27 Feb 2003 17:06:41 +0000 (GMT)
From   : Brian Widdas <brian@...>
Subject: Re: Master 128 on a TFT flat screen???

On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Dawn and Austin wrote:

> +SNIP
>
> > >I'd have thought the biggest hurdle these days is finding a monitor which
> > >will scan as low as 50Hz/15.625kHz field and line rates,
> >
> > Technically, VGA/SVGA monitors are supposed to be able to deal with such
> low
> > screen rates by default, as the old EGA text modes (that the PC BIOS uses
> on
> > startup) are rather low scan rates. However you may find newer monitors
> dont
> > bother and presume the card will "emulate" the EGA, that is, generate EGA
> > output, but at a higher scan rate.
>
> A solution to this would be to purchase an upscan convertor such as those
> sold for Playstation2 et al.  They're manufactured by Redant and take a
> composite video input

The only problem with the BBC's composite video output (well, apart from
the lower quality) is that it's only black and white.

Fortunately, on the Master, there is a jumper somewhere near the video
circuitry which will include the colour component (normally only fed to
the RF modulator) in the composite video output.

If you want to go down this route, the BBC Master Advanced User Guide has
a list of all the jumpers. /Completely/ off the top of my head, I have a
feeling it might be J39.

Brian
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