- #Old computer vga to hdmi converter how to
- #Old computer vga to hdmi converter manual
- #Old computer vga to hdmi converter Pc
- #Old computer vga to hdmi converter series
You might design your VGA/HDMI to MDA adapter in an FPGA due to tight timing requirements and lack of modern supporting chips. If you're adapting from HDMI, you could avoid the problem by sending the monitor a 50 Hz PAL signal.Īll of these problems can be overcome, but not without tradeoffs. You'll get some judder or tearing depending on how you do it. You will need to constantly capture the VGA signal to a RAM frame buffer 60 times (frames) per second, and read the same RAM to create an MDA signal 50 frames per second while doing the conversions you decided upon above.īut now you have one more conversion: converting 60 fps progressive to 50 fps interlaced.
#Old computer vga to hdmi converter how to
Once you've decided how to deal with the mismatched resolution and colors, the technical hurdles begin, starting with converting VGA's horizontal 31.469 kHz and vertical 59.94 Hz scanning frequencies to MDA's horizontal 18.432 kHz and vertical 50 Hz frequencies. The next problem is that MDA is monochrome and supports only 3 levels of brightness per pixel (off, low intensity, high intensity). MDA has a resolution of 720×350 while VGA is 640×480 or 800×600, so the first problem is to figure out how to squeeze or stretch a VGA resolution into an MDA resolution, and how to handle MDA's non-square pixels.Įdit: Raffzahn's answer says your particular monitor supports 800 pixels across, so that helps a little.
#Old computer vga to hdmi converter manual
(VGA uses a DE-15/HD-15 connector.) The service manual with specifications is here.įirst, you might be able to put your VGA adapter into a mode whose timings are compatible with MDA without releasing any magic smoke. The cable shown in your photo ends in a DE-9 plug which is standard for MDA, CGA, and EGA. The monitor shown is a Philips BM7523 which is a 12 inch amber monochrome MDA/Hercules display. *5 - Advanced Graphics Architecture - not to be confused with the later Amiga Chipset of the same name - which got in turn named AA in Germany :)) *4 - You may want to take a look at the German Wiki entry for the PC10, containing a bit more information, as these machines were not only developed at Commodore Braunschweig, but also quite popular as 'high quality' clones. *3 - While 75BM13 sounds like directly taken form Philip's name for the green version BM7513, Commodore used it (only) for the amber one. *2 - Not to be confused with the 1901 colour monitor, based on a Thomson model, that got sold with C128 and early PC10 (for CGA Mode). *1 - Legally, going by the FCC ID BOU, by Philips Consumer Lifestyle of Hong Kong. Heck, there are even PCIe to ISA bridges except they are usually a bit expensive. There are a large number of USB to ISA boards, ranging from hobbyist projects to commercial products, offering anywhere between a single slot or 8 slots. Now, widening up a bit why not use either an old PC, or if it has to be the new one, why not add an old graphics card to your new PC? I've tried searching, but so far I've only found solutions for hooking a C64 up with a VGA monitor, which is kind of the opposite of what I'm aiming for.īut that's what the usual way is: using older output generators, like a C64, with modern displays. I bet you would as well not like the loss of information due the downscaling. The only difference to a standard IBM compatible screen is that a DIN plug is used instead of a DE-9S.Īnyone know how to convert VGA or HDMI to this connector format? While MDA required 720 pixels at a 16.25 MHz pixel clock (video bandwith) Commodore speced the monitor at 800 and 20 MHz.
- effective resolution of 720x350 pixels and.
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#Old computer vga to hdmi converter Pc
It is already a PC one - for MDA cards/output.
#Old computer vga to hdmi converter series
series (*4) of IBM compatible computers equipped with their AGA card (*3), a CGA / MDA / Hercules compatible adapter.
What is true is, that Commodore OEMed it ca. It was widely sold as a monochrome screen to many countries.
The screen was manufactured in Taiwan (*1) for/by Philips. I have this monitor, which I think is a Commodore 64 monitor.