Overange Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Just installed a Sophia 2 into a 65XE remake for use on a Sharp LC20S5E-BK-WH TV, the only down side to this TV it does not have any Digital Inputs, so I am going to have to use its VGA input connected via a Standard 15 pin VGA Cable to a VGA to DVI Adapter. The manual says its compatible with the following:- Within SCONF.XEX I select VGA, as no other settings can be altered And what i get when the VGA is connected is a brief flash of this:- On my test mini test monitor, I do get an image in the correct colours but its offset to the right and the right side is chopped off, I put this down to it being a cheap Chinese 10 inch monitor. Before I start travelling down to far into the Rabbit Hole, and as I have limited experience with the Sophia Devices, is there anything else I need to do or do I need another type of adapter etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simius Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 The configuration screen shows that the computer is running in PAL. This means you need a monitor that supports a vertical frequency of 50 Hz. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overange Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 Makes sense, in that instance I guess the easiest option would be to convert the computer to NTSC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 6 minutes ago, Overange said: Makes sense, in that instance I guess the easiest option would be to convert the computer to NTSC? but then you'll lose compatibility for all those PAL specific games and demos! ;( No more REWIND demo!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overange Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 20 minutes ago, Beeblebrox said: but then you'll lose compatibility for all those PAL specific games and demos! ;( No more REWIND demo!! I know right, but I still have my 600xl for that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinadan67 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 swapping the Antic to a NTSC version should provide 60Hz without the hassle of a complete conversion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 27 minutes ago, Dinadan67 said: swapping the Antic to a NTSC version should provide 60Hz without the hassle of a complete conversion Interesting. Would the likes of Rewind demo run, and how would the colour pallette display? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinadan67 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 PAL demos probably won't run, because of the much tighter timing with the 60Hz refresh rate. The palette and an colour clock stay PAL. I have done this to one of my 800XL to play games in 60Hz via S-Video on my european 1084 monitor. With a real NTSC machine this monitor displays only black and white. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overange Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 I have obtained another TV ( Sony KDL-20B4050 ), it has a single HDMI input and using a DVI to HDMI Connector plugged this in to the TV, at first I could not work out why by selecting HDMI output would not work, only to find out, however if I select AV4 then I get an output and yeah it looks so nice Next project on the list will be to install a Sophia into my 600XL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 12 minutes ago, Overange said: Next project on the list will be to install a Sophia into my 600XL If you do, see Scorpo-ny's very clever and functional 3d printed mount. Stl's to follow later on that thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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