Date   : Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:44:27 +0100
From   : C.J.Thornley@... (Chris Thornley)
Subject: Using a TFT screen for Beeb output

Hi,
A viable alternative if you are into a bit of electronics and hacking of
hardware is to mod a PSOne LCD Screen. 

These can be bought for around ?20 on eBay or Amazon and there are various
guides on how to wire one up to accept an RGB Signal.

I done this myself and have a usable screen I can quickly and easily plug
into various devices.

There was even an article on this in custom PC magazine a few months ago.

Chris 


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From: bbc-micro-bounces+c.j.thornley=coolrose.fsnet.co.uk@...
[mailto:bbc-micro-bounces+c.j.thornley=coolrose.fsnet.co.uk@...
uk] On Behalf Of neil f
Sent: 12 July 2007 14:11
To: bbc-micro@...
Subject: [BBC-Micro] Using a TFT screen for Beeb output

Hi folks

I know this subject gets visited periodically, but it's usually with respect
to 60Hz VGA CRT monitors.

I have a TFT screen that has two switchable inputs, one of which is
currently unused. Both inputs will accept 1V RGB and composite sync
according to the spec. Vertical bandwidth starts at 50Hz, with horizontal
starting at 30kHz. Assuming I attenuate the Beeb's signals as necessary, is
there any way I could get the monitor to produce some sort of display? I
only use the Beeb for text-type applications so I'm not bothered about
picture distortion or colour rendition.

I just have too many monitors in use at present and something will have to
give, space-wise.

Thanks,
-Neil F.


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