Hi
I saw there was some discussion on this topic, but it looks as if there
never was a defnite answer. There was a reference to Andre Delavy making a
RGB to SVGA connector does anybody know if he did? (Giovanni Nunes and
Fronteddu Stefano (later) made this reference) There was also a few comments
on the rgb to vga adapter by Novatec ( http://novatec-msx.da.ru/ )
Is looked at a few documents on the web and also at what the
amiga guys did. Not that I know muck about electronics - I can solder
circuits if I am told how, but that is basicaly it. (I do not quite follow
the
circuits of the Novatec project but they do look great!)
This is what I found and concluded:
First: a RGB signal output is a must - most msx's have rgb output or
it can easily be added!
(see Hans Ottens home page - rgb on a svi-738(msx2 video
chip) http://www.geocities.com/msxhans/
Second: Both the vertical and horizontal sync must be seperated from the
composite sync.
True some monitors will accept composite sync in the
horisontal sync - but not all!!
http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/faq/vga2rgb/vgamonitor.html
A proposed seperator circuit is as follows, using a LM1881N
chip:(syncseperator.gif)
Here the Hsync is actualy still composite sync and must be
rectified still with the following circuit:
|--------------|---------------------- Composite
| | |-----\
| |-----\ -----| \
Composite ----| \ | AND |o-------- Hsync
| AND |o-------| /
Vsync -------| / |-----/
| |-----/
|
|------------------------------------- Vsync
Using a chip like EL4583 will give you true hsync and
vsync and make all simpler.
Third: Connect Red, Green, Blue and Ground to the corrseponding vga
pins
(VGA 15pin : red = pin 1, green = pin 2, blue = pin 3,
ground
= pin 5-8, 10, 11)
Fourth: Connecting the Hsync and Vsync
(Here I believe the trouble starts.) For the amiga I found
two different solutions:
1> Using a BC549 Transistor
http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~andreash/com/a-vga.html
Amiga BC549 (C B E) VGA
| | |
+5v -----------------+ | |
Hsync ------/\/\/\/\----------+ +-----------+--> Hsync
(p13)
100Ohm |
+-----------/\/\/\/\/\---------+
| 560Ohm
Ground --------+------------------------------> Ground (pin
4,5,6,7,8,10,11)
Vsync -----------------------------------------> Vsync (p14)
2> Using a 74HCT08 (used by commodore) or 74LS04 IC (low power TTL-level
inverter)
+5v to the inverter chip with a 0.1 uF ceramic decoupling cap
between +5v and ground
Connect Hsync and Vsync via the IC to VGA
http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/faq/vga2rgb/vgamonitor.html
Hopefully this might work or help. I have not tried it yet but will as soon
as I
get my hands on the components.
JP GROBLER
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