Oh man. You have no idea how happy this makes me! I have photosensitive epilepsy, and my old Tandy 1000 monitor outputs at such a low refresh rate that it makes for risky retro play. Using this with an LCD means I can finally use my old Tandy without having to worry!
It's pretty expensive though. Even my whole gaming PC setup is cheaper than the full kit. I'm rocking with my BSEL modded Intel Pentium E2160, vmodded ATI HD4670 and 19'' 1280x1024 monitor. I can play AAA games like The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion/Skyrim, The Witcher 2, Mass Effect 1/2/3, Dragon Age 1/2/3 and Fallout 3/NV/TTW. Too bad I can't play Fallout 4 or The Witcher 3, because my GPU doesn't support DX11 but I can watch ''Let's play'' videos and it's almost like playing the game. I have my studio tour and gaming setup video on my channel.
Incredible! The right man at the right time, with the right video! I searched all day for good EGA to VGA converters and now you come with it and surprised me. I just found these GBS-8200 and GBS-8220 and wondered how to connect the 9-pin EGA interface to the 5-pin EGA input of the GBS-82x0. Greetings from Germany.
Can anyone tell me if it is possible and if so, how do I need to connect the 9-pin EGA output of the video card to the GBS-8220 (or GBS-8200) so I get picture with all EGA colors? The GBS-82x0 board has only 5 input ports for EGA, but the graphics board's EGA output has 9 pins. Must "secondary Red / Green / Blue (Intensity)" be connected to create an image? Is there at least a simpler DIY solution to make a monochrome EGA to VGA adapter?
Ave Avis Thing is, the "CGA" and "EGA" boards like those from Gonbes talk about are only the Horizontal Scan rate (15 and 24KHz, in this case). So they only accept a standard RGB signal with raw composite sync. The DE-9 of CGA and EGA cards not only use separated horizontal and vertical sync each on dedicated pins, but the connector also uses another pin for the "intensity" signal. For IBM CGA, this adds a brighter variant of the original 8 colors. So in that regard, you would need something like the non-RXi series of Extron RGB interfaces (like my 202PLUS), which has 9-pin TTL input along with both the ability to transcode into analog RGB and output only composite sync.
@@aveavis2247 I use a GBS-8200 as a CGA to VGA converter for my PC/XT. To get a picture (albeit with only half the colour palette) you can ignore the intensity pin(s); alternatively you can use a couple of different circuits (analog "cheating" with resistors+diodes works for me) to produce the analog RGB the GBS-8200 is expecting. The more problematic part is that the GBS-8200 cannot do split H and V sync at the horizontal frequencies CGA uses (and EGA at some resolutions/modes), it requires composite sync. You need to combine the H and V sync signals together by XNORing them, then provide that as composite sync. The GBS-82x0s were not really designed for use with vintage computers; they appear to have been primarily designed for use with arcade machines. The board accepts (all analog) YPbPr, RGBS (starting from 14.5KHz H freq) and RGBHV (starting from 30.5KHz H freq). CGA and EGA as being discussed here are not analog, they are digital TTL of the type RGBIHV (at approx 15KHz H freq minimum), therefore both the sync (too slow to be H/V) and colour (digital with intensity, not analog) portions of the signal are not as the GBS-82x0 expects them, and it will not work without additional electronics.
@@KnuckxCB TheRetroDudeAbides Thanks for your contribution. I will think about it. Building a CGA-to-SCART adapter seems easy. I'll try that for now, because I can switch my graphics card from EGA to CGA. If I understand correctly, the CGA-to-SCART adapter can be used to build an EGA-to-SCART adapter by combining the Color and Color Intensity with a resistor. Is that correct? Source: www.repairfaq.org/sam/vidconv.htm#nvctlvg -> Look at: "TL to VGA / Analog" ua-cam.com/video/ymulGiO4NrI/v-deo.html -> wiring diagram I also find different resistance values for the Schlatung: imgur.com/WZb0rdB or www.electroschematics.com/377/cga-scart-adapter/ Or are they both right? Thanks in advance.
@@RodrigoBadin No it is not bad, but you can't say about the computing power when talking about FPGA. Although you can make a CPU or DSP out of FPGA, the processing power would depend on the IP core you use/create. FPGA can be whatever digital device you want.
I got lucky and recently picked up an IBM PS/2 model 70 (great for DOS!) on the cheap... too bad it's only got MCA slots... I do have a number of Win98 PC's i still need to refurbish back into working condition...
@@HappyBeezerStudios For the most part, a quad core cpu running at 3 ghz is enough as a CPU... Phenom II X4's are quite nice. For period-proper graphics cards... go with a Radeon X1900 or nvidia 7900 ultra (the last of the pure DirectX 9 cards) top it off at 4 GBs of RAM (since XP 32-bit only supports up to 4GB anyways).
I love how you find all these gadgets and devices that I wouldn't have any clue where to find if I needed to find any. Even if I'll never use this sort of thing, I find it fascinating to see how they work and that they exist at all. Amazing.
Someone kill me. Moving house multiple times and having to downsize can cause one to make bad culling decisions. Since throwing out all the 'old' software some years ago, I discovered your wonderful channel and now I want all that stuff back! I actually purchased a copy of Win98 SE recently and am in the process of gathering all the updates etc. Pity I threw out Office 97, oh well. I have built a dedicated Win 98SE tower case with a 4:3 LCD monitor just for fun. I love all the extra stuff that used to come with earlier versions of Windows. Ah, the nostalgia. I am also a big fan of IBM keyboards, there is nothing like them. Keep sniffing all that lovely stuff you unpack and keep up the great, informative channel. I love it.
It's been sold out for a very long time. A few days ago I received an e-mail though, that they were back in stock, and I immediately ordered one. Now I can finally begin to consider, if I should try and source the hardware for re-building my childhood PC or not. Thank you for the Amazing review!
Those are some amazing results. And the box isn't even that much more expensive than the Chinese options. I'm impressed! Seeing it on an ultrawide with the giant pillarboxes was pretty funny
Thumbs up for correct terminology! Usually people only call them "letterboxes", ignoring pillerboxes and windowboxes (my least favourite type of box, which I often get when people play square content in a video rendered in widescreen on my square monitors).
Always a great pleasure to sit down and watch an Episode of LGR. There is something soothing about his delivery on any subject he chooses, like Bob Ross talking about happy trees. Needless to say I am on the fence if this is a better solution than repairing my EGA 5154 monitor.
I grew up with a Turbo XT with an ATI EGA Wonder. EGA holds a special place in my heart. I must say, Serdashop is really creating a nice portfolio of devices that support the retro community. Serge is awesome!
That's super Awesome and Incredible. This devices is really useful for people who doesn't have CGA and EGA Monitors. By The Way CRT Monitors still Rules The retro Computing Gaming .
The day when vintage CRT's are completely gone from the market (or from existence entirely) will be a SAD day...I'm glad you're around still keeping the dream alive. You're a miracle worker, sir and I pray you stick around the Tube for a long LONG time. :)
Just ordered one. Didn't order the enclosure, but I can print one myself or come up wiht something. Thanks for this video, it solves *a lot* of problems.
It is so awesome to see people making modern solutions to keeping old machines running. And often at times, running faster than normal thanks to the massive improvements in storage media. This makes me want to find an old IBM machine now.
Where as this is a great product, can it do what I need? I want to restomod a IBM 5150 XT. I got orginal case and working monitor. Case guts are gone. Want to install a raspberry pi but run command line linux on the orginal momochrome monitor. Will this device (with another converter box before I suppose) take what the Pi outputs (composite or HDMI) so I can use the orginal monochrome display?
Awesome stuff, because as much as I love my CRT monitors, and TV's, I know they won't last forever sadly, and this seems like a good solution, even if it's a bit expensive.
Regarding video capture, it probably wouldn't be much work for them to modify the FPGA configuration to dump raw video frames. They'd have to add a USB port or something similar, but maybe you should suggest it to them. Or perhaps they could include a special output mode that is more compatible with capture cards. That wouldn't even require any hardware changes.
It's more a matter of capture devices needing to support 720x400@70hz and the like, which the MCE2VGA is outputting as intended. For example, my AV.io HD captures the MCE2VGA in all its graphics modes just fine, but my Avermedia Game Broadcaster HD does not. So it really depends on what the VGA capture device looks for in terms of video signals, and unfortunately that varies wildly across devices. But still, an alternate output mode for the MCE2VGA would be neat to have!
Maybe the special output mode could be a 4th version of the product. Calling it the "MCE2VGA/LGR edition" :D Or a more general name like "Video Capture Edition" is also a possibility if it is worth doing that of course.
Wow seeing that Vette! gameplay was a blast from the past. I remember playing it on my family's Apple Quadra way back when I was just a toddler maybe. I'd completely forgotten about it. Hey Clint you should do a video covering it. Great stuff as always!
OMG! wheel of fortune, I used to play this when I was 5 or 6, 39 now, in Hartford, CT!! my aunt used to take me to work at the Travelers building with her. I played this so much I learned the right answers. and a robot cart, tracking a black stripe on the floor, delivered mail from time to time... so cool..
Thanks to you I finally went and got a Model M keyboard. I got it from Clickykeyboards. Fully restored and bolt modded. It's amazing. I had a Flico Majestouch with blue switches and SA Nuclear keycaps from PimpMyKeyboard. That Filco is a dream, but good lord, this thing is just as I remembered from my childhood.
Been using this converter quite for a while. It is no doubt the best option for playing with old PC's that output TTL video. Best results are achieved using a VGA CRT, if you have to use a LCD make sure you use a proper 4:3 aspect ratio monitor. But CRT is unbeatable. I need to add that composite emulation is still not yet perfect, it is close but not there yet. Comparing this converter with a real TV/Composite monitor side by side will show the differences.
Carlos Teixeira So it can't output to SVGA (800x600) or WVGA? And it can't do refresh rate conversion to typical VGA or SVGA speeds? As I commented on a community post about this, it wouldn't be that hard to hook a VRAM chip to the FPGA and actually do scan rate conversion using different FPGA programs for each mode with a microcontroller loading from a serial EEPROM/Flash as needed. There may even be capacity left for on on screen display.
@@johnfrancisdoe1563 I didn't design the thing, so can't speculate on how what could be done. Every graphics mode is displayed to the closest most compatible VGA output. MDA and Hercules will be displayed in 720x400 @70Hz, 15KHz TTL CGA and low res EGA will be displayed in 720x480 @60Hz and EGA high res at 640x350 @70Hz.
For capture, have you considered an Epiphan DVI2USB 3.0? It's what I use with my SGIs and their unusual sync-on-green video signals, and I've heard of people using it to capture other strange video formats (e.g. 16hz). Any IRIX or ARCS PROM footage I've had on my channel recently has been recorded with it. It'll also natively capture just about any aspect ratio you throw at it, which is useful. A lot of the "consumer" devices don't want to do anything but 16:9 or 4:3.
Looking good :) BTW It would be easy to change the FPGA code to generate SVGA 800x600@60Hz but then you would get not optimal aspect ratio or even small centered image.
An Escort Cosworth on snow for background?? I have an F-150 on ice! :P loving forza horizon 4! Also great video! This will come in handy for you to show us those good ol' retro games we love
I wasn't even an IBM-compatible guy back then and I still find EGA nostalgic for just being indicative of that era of computer technology. Ah, the good ol' days. Need to play some Amiga games now.
When an MDA or CGA mode is set up on the EGA by calling the BIOS, then the raster timing, video memory layout, data format, and some other low-level hardware details such as cursor control are identical to those aspects of the operation of an MDA or CGA, providing a high degree of direct software and hardware
Nice! How about a tour of all your vintage hardware (in storage I assume) you have as well? You seem to have quite the collection, would be great to see some of it :)
Oh man. You have no idea how happy this makes me! I have photosensitive epilepsy, and my old Tandy 1000 monitor outputs at such a low refresh rate that it makes for risky retro play. Using this with an LCD means I can finally use my old Tandy without having to worry!
5:13 Hey, it’s Planet X3! I’m mega amped for that game. :D
Me too! David's been cool enough to send me some early versions to test on various hardware.
Hey there display picture twin! (sorry couldn't resist)
TheiBookGuy and LGR are my favs tbh
This is the 8-bit Guy's game, right?
@@duffman18 Yes
it's amazing how much you make me care about something I don't care about
Kairu Hakubi This has got to be one of the greatest compliments anyone doing instructional/informational videos could possibly hope for!
Haha 100th like
Oh what the hell? I've been looking for something like this for years.. holy crap this is amazing
It's pretty expensive though. Even my whole gaming PC setup is cheaper than the full kit. I'm rocking with my BSEL modded Intel Pentium E2160, vmodded ATI HD4670 and 19'' 1280x1024 monitor. I can play AAA games like The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion/Skyrim, The Witcher 2, Mass Effect 1/2/3, Dragon Age 1/2/3 and Fallout 3/NV/TTW. Too bad I can't play Fallout 4 or The Witcher 3, because my GPU doesn't support DX11 but I can watch ''Let's play'' videos and it's almost like playing the game. I have my studio tour and gaming setup video on my channel.
@@basshead. This is for much older stuff and is pretty cheap for what it is honestly.. A lot of work must have went into this product.
I'm an OG gamer, I've been playing video games since the 90s.
I see that PlanetX2/3! Nice!
Incredible! The right man at the right time, with the right video!
I searched all day for good EGA to VGA converters and now you come with it and surprised me.
I just found these GBS-8200 and GBS-8220 and wondered how to connect the 9-pin EGA interface to the 5-pin EGA input of the GBS-82x0.
Greetings from Germany.
Can anyone tell me if it is possible and if so, how do I need to connect the 9-pin EGA output of the video card to the GBS-8220 (or GBS-8200) so I get picture with all EGA colors?
The GBS-82x0 board has only 5 input ports for EGA, but the graphics board's EGA output has 9 pins.
Must "secondary Red / Green / Blue (Intensity)" be connected to create an image?
Is there at least a simpler DIY solution to make a monochrome EGA to VGA adapter?
Ave Avis Thing is, the "CGA" and "EGA" boards like those from Gonbes talk about are only the Horizontal Scan rate (15 and 24KHz, in this case). So they only accept a standard RGB signal with raw composite sync. The DE-9 of CGA and EGA cards not only use separated horizontal and vertical sync each on dedicated pins, but the connector also uses another pin for the "intensity" signal. For IBM CGA, this adds a brighter variant of the original 8 colors.
So in that regard, you would need something like the non-RXi series of Extron RGB interfaces (like my 202PLUS), which has 9-pin TTL input along with both the ability to transcode into analog RGB and output only composite sync.
@@aveavis2247 I use a GBS-8200 as a CGA to VGA converter for my PC/XT. To get a picture (albeit with only half the colour palette) you can ignore the intensity pin(s); alternatively you can use a couple of different circuits (analog "cheating" with resistors+diodes works for me) to produce the analog RGB the GBS-8200 is expecting. The more problematic part is that the GBS-8200 cannot do split H and V sync at the horizontal frequencies CGA uses (and EGA at some resolutions/modes), it requires composite sync. You need to combine the H and V sync signals together by XNORing them, then provide that as composite sync.
The GBS-82x0s were not really designed for use with vintage computers; they appear to have been primarily designed for use with arcade machines. The board accepts (all analog) YPbPr, RGBS (starting from 14.5KHz H freq) and RGBHV (starting from 30.5KHz H freq). CGA and EGA as being discussed here are not analog, they are digital TTL of the type RGBIHV (at approx 15KHz H freq minimum), therefore both the sync (too slow to be H/V) and colour (digital with intensity, not analog) portions of the signal are not as the GBS-82x0 expects them, and it will not work without additional electronics.
@@NightSprinter thx. See my answer/question to you and Knucks under Knucks answer.
@@KnuckxCB TheRetroDudeAbides
Thanks for your contribution.
I will think about it.
Building a CGA-to-SCART adapter seems easy. I'll try that for now, because I can switch my graphics card from EGA to CGA.
If I understand correctly, the CGA-to-SCART adapter can be used to build an EGA-to-SCART adapter by combining the Color and Color Intensity with a resistor. Is that correct?
Source: www.repairfaq.org/sam/vidconv.htm#nvctlvg -> Look at: "TL to VGA / Analog"
ua-cam.com/video/ymulGiO4NrI/v-deo.html -> wiring diagram
I also find different resistance values for the Schlatung:
imgur.com/WZb0rdB
or
www.electroschematics.com/377/cga-scart-adapter/
Or are they both right?
Thanks in advance.
Isn't amazing this processor inside the adapter probably has hundreds more processing power than the retro computers you are adapting into?
Don't get me wrong I love this stuff, but yeah that's one of the things about it that kinda tick me the wrong way
Altera Cyclone IV is not a processor, it is an FPGA (programmable gate array).
@@TzOk Is that bad?
@@TzOk see also: pedantic.
@@RodrigoBadin No it is not bad, but you can't say about the computing power when talking about FPGA. Although you can make a CPU or DSP out of FPGA, the processing power would depend on the IP core you use/create. FPGA can be whatever digital device you want.
Before watching your videos I had no interest in old computers of any kind. Two years in I want to make my own Windows 98 PC. Thank you Clint
well after LGR made his own ultimate Windows XP PC, I made my own ultimate Windows XP PC but with old case and CRT monitor. It just feels good 😊😊😍😍
I got lucky and recently picked up an IBM PS/2 model 70 (great for DOS!) on the cheap... too bad it's only got MCA slots...
I do have a number of Win98 PC's i still need to refurbish back into working condition...
@@HappyBeezerStudios For the most part, a quad core cpu running at 3 ghz is enough as a CPU... Phenom II X4's are quite nice. For period-proper graphics cards... go with a Radeon X1900 or nvidia 7900 ultra (the last of the pure DirectX 9 cards) top it off at 4 GBs of RAM (since XP 32-bit only supports up to 4GB anyways).
LGR is the reason i bought a Macintosh SE
Dammit that's my situation as well. And I hate that I love it!
I love how you find all these gadgets and devices that I wouldn't have any clue where to find if I needed to find any. Even if I'll never use this sort of thing, I find it fascinating to see how they work and that they exist at all. Amazing.
Someone kill me. Moving house multiple times and having to downsize can cause one to make bad culling decisions. Since throwing out all the 'old' software some years ago, I discovered your wonderful channel and now I want all that stuff back! I actually purchased a copy of Win98 SE recently and am in the process of gathering all the updates etc. Pity I threw out Office 97, oh well. I have built a dedicated Win 98SE tower case with a 4:3 LCD monitor just for fun. I love all the extra stuff that used to come with earlier versions of Windows. Ah, the nostalgia. I am also a big fan of IBM keyboards, there is nothing like them. Keep sniffing all that lovely stuff you unpack and keep up the great, informative channel. I love it.
“Whether you like it raw or unfiltered”
....mmmmmmmmmmm, gonna go with Raw, Clint.
Just wanna say, props for the 4k filming. It really enhances the videos. More youtubers need to make the transition.
What I've learnt watching LGR:
10 HELLO
20 PRINT "FART"
30 GOTO 10
> "What I've learnt watching LGR"
> "10 HELLO"
well, I got bad news for you ...
SYNTAX ERROR
10 PRINT "YOU HAD TO WATCH LGR TO LEARN BASIC?"
20 GOTO 10
How about some classic Unix shell script?
#!/bin/sh
while true; do
echo FART
done
@@LGR This is syntax error for sure. There was "FARTS".
It's been sold out for a very long time. A few days ago I received an e-mail though, that they were back in stock, and I immediately ordered one. Now I can finally begin to consider, if I should try and source the hardware for re-building my childhood PC or not. Thank you for the Amazing review!
I have all the monitors I need for all my computers, but I still want this. It looks quite nice.
The phrase future proofing on a retro channel amuses me
I feel like LGRs voice could cure violent criminals
"I'm gonna kill that guy!"
_"No, you won't."_
"...you drive a hard bargain, Clint."
You're so close to the million subs, man! I've been following you from the mere 10K subs and I feel very happy and proud of your oncoming achievement.
Feels like years since the last video lol I didn’t realize just how much I enjoy this channel. Clint is the man for sure.
Those are some amazing results. And the box isn't even that much more expensive than the Chinese options. I'm impressed!
Seeing it on an ultrawide with the giant pillarboxes was pretty funny
Thumbs up for correct terminology! Usually people only call them "letterboxes", ignoring pillerboxes and windowboxes (my least favourite type of box, which I often get when people play square content in a video rendered in widescreen on my square monitors).
Always a great pleasure to sit down and watch an Episode of LGR. There is something soothing about his delivery on any subject he chooses, like Bob Ross talking about happy trees. Needless to say I am on the fence if this is a better solution than repairing my EGA 5154 monitor.
Love the *A E S T H E T I C*
I grew up with a Turbo XT with an ATI EGA Wonder. EGA holds a special place in my heart. I must say, Serdashop is really creating a nice portfolio of devices that support the retro community. Serge is awesome!
Wow Crystal Caves, I had totally forgotten about this, I played that game so much as a kid!
Good review and thanks for the memories :)
I'm still debating that orange and black case. It would look great in my atelier next to the power drill and the table saw.
Love that RS200 background!!
Sweet RS200 wallpaper! Love the clash between your main computer and the stuff you show here normaly ;)
I barely understand any of the tech talk but I still find it infinitely enjoyable to listen to, especially with the way this guy delivers it.
Very interesting product Clint. thanks for giving us the run-through on it.
OOOH Planet X3
That's super Awesome and Incredible. This devices is really useful for people who doesn't have CGA and EGA Monitors. By The Way CRT Monitors still Rules The retro Computing Gaming .
The day when vintage CRT's are completely gone from the market (or from existence entirely) will be a SAD day...I'm glad you're around still keeping the dream alive. You're a miracle worker, sir and I pray you stick around the Tube for a long LONG time. :)
Just ordered one.
Didn't order the enclosure, but I can print one myself or come up wiht something. Thanks for this video, it solves *a lot* of problems.
It is so awesome to see people making modern solutions to keeping old machines running. And often at times, running faster than normal thanks to the massive improvements in storage media. This makes me want to find an old IBM machine now.
LOVE the Planet X3 bit.
Where as this is a great product, can it do what I need? I want to restomod a IBM 5150 XT. I got orginal case and working monitor. Case guts are gone. Want to install a raspberry pi but run command line linux on the orginal momochrome monitor. Will this device (with another converter box before I suppose) take what the Pi outputs (composite or HDMI) so I can use the orginal monochrome display?
You are asking the wrong person LOL.
Thank you .. this is what I was looking for! Great review.. they have it on their website too... lol.... hey.. merry xmas and happy new year!
Yeah new LGR episode. I'm so happy
Thanks ! Great review, might have to get one of these !
7:11 Love the RS200 wallpaper!
Good video to watch with my new heat activated pac man cup. An LGR video is always something to look forward to
This seems nice and versatile. I like the extra little features as well. :D
Man, I love all your retro stuff showcasing the tech I grew up with as it was released: an advantage of being an old man. Haha!
Awesome stuff, because as much as I love my CRT monitors, and TV's, I know they won't last forever sadly, and this seems like a good solution, even if it's a bit expensive.
When do CRT monitors start failing anyway? If they've lasted so long already, I would think they would be able to last longer.
Just watched an old video from 2011. Your voice has come a LONG way.
"Admirably"? That EGA looks BEAUTIFUL!
Regarding video capture, it probably wouldn't be much work for them to modify the FPGA configuration to dump raw video frames. They'd have to add a USB port or something similar, but maybe you should suggest it to them.
Or perhaps they could include a special output mode that is more compatible with capture cards. That wouldn't even require any hardware changes.
It's more a matter of capture devices needing to support 720x400@70hz and the like, which the MCE2VGA is outputting as intended. For example, my AV.io HD captures the MCE2VGA in all its graphics modes just fine, but my Avermedia Game Broadcaster HD does not. So it really depends on what the VGA capture device looks for in terms of video signals, and unfortunately that varies wildly across devices. But still, an alternate output mode for the MCE2VGA would be neat to have!
@@LGR They do offer an add-on programmable development board with USB that might be able to do that.
Maybe the special output mode could be a 4th version of the product.
Calling it the "MCE2VGA/LGR edition" :D
Or a more general name like "Video Capture Edition" is also a possibility if it is worth doing that of course.
An LGR video on a saturday morning, sure is relaxing.
Good to know such converter exists. BTW. Your videos are nicely done. :) Thanks. Cheers!
Great to see you mention Belgium
I'm also a proud belgian
iDevastate 👍🏼🙂
Wow seeing that Vette! gameplay was a blast from the past. I remember playing it on my family's Apple Quadra way back when I was just a toddler maybe. I'd completely forgotten about it. Hey Clint you should do a video covering it. Great stuff as always!
holy shit! I had forgotten about crystal caves! loved that game! 6:14
It was nice of you to discretely plug Planet X3 in the clip.
Hahaha! Nice showing Planet X3 - I am sure Dave is flattered!
This is really neat I love that little box!
Oookay, I have no idea about any of this stuff - but it sure is fun to watch!
Really neat. Himm CGA goodness.
OMG! wheel of fortune, I used to play this when I was 5 or 6, 39 now, in Hartford, CT!! my aunt used to take me to work at the Travelers building with her. I played this so much I learned the right answers. and a robot cart, tracking a black stripe on the floor, delivered mail from time to time... so cool..
That looks really *really* good, kudos to them!
FPGAs are awesome and not all that cheap, very interesting use!
good to see Planet X3 here, from the 8bitguy - you turned me on to his channel in the first place :D
RS200 screen background? A man of discerning car tastes. Doubly impressive being American and all!
Gives me a lot of hope for game preservation to see a market being created for this sort of "bridgeware" to help things work with modern hardware.
Damn thats nifty ! I'll be ordering one for sure !
The lack of the logo at the intro was unexpected.
Agsma, Just Agsma Yes you want!
I smiled when I saw the Horizon 4 desktop wallpaper, wasn't expecting that. I'm thoroughly enjoying it myself, hope you are too.
You bet, one of my favorites all year
I'm really impressed by the composite CGA stuff!
This surely will help alot of retro gamers and collectors
And now an RS200 for your background. You have good taste in cars LGR.
Thanks to you I finally went and got a Model M keyboard. I got it from Clickykeyboards. Fully restored and bolt modded. It's amazing. I had a Flico Majestouch with blue switches and SA Nuclear keycaps from PimpMyKeyboard. That Filco is a dream, but good lord, this thing is just as I remembered from my childhood.
Oh this thing makes my heart rejoice!
Green monochrome! WooHOO!
Ahh a new LGR thang
Tucker Orton people yes yes video
Great Video!!! keep up the good work!
This thing looks great!
Look at Clint just casually showing off that alpha copy of Planet-X3. Can't wait to get my kickstarter copy!
This could really help those let's players that like doing old games!
For damn sure!
Been using this converter quite for a while. It is no doubt the best option for playing with old PC's that output TTL video.
Best results are achieved using a VGA CRT, if you have to use a LCD make sure you use a proper 4:3 aspect ratio monitor. But CRT is unbeatable.
I need to add that composite emulation is still not yet perfect, it is close but not there yet. Comparing this converter with a real TV/Composite monitor side by side will show the differences.
Carlos Teixeira So it can't output to SVGA (800x600) or WVGA? And it can't do refresh rate conversion to typical VGA or SVGA speeds? As I commented on a community post about this, it wouldn't be that hard to hook a VRAM chip to the FPGA and actually do scan rate conversion using different FPGA programs for each mode with a microcontroller loading from a serial EEPROM/Flash as needed. There may even be capacity left for on on screen display.
Correct, no SVGA. Though it outputs at refresh rates of either 60 or 70hz depending on the graphics mode being converted. All native to VGA!
@@johnfrancisdoe1563 I didn't design the thing, so can't speculate on how what could be done. Every graphics mode is displayed to the closest most compatible VGA output. MDA and Hercules will be displayed in 720x400 @70Hz, 15KHz TTL CGA and low res EGA will be displayed in 720x480 @60Hz and EGA high res at 640x350 @70Hz.
Using composite artifacts to emulate colors has got to be the most insane thing I've ever seen.
Yay! I see one of the cards I donated at 2:02. :) It's the brown one that says 843 on the bottom.
Yes indeed, and thanks again :)
It's proved useful!
Great Scott! An Actual converter to VGA!
For capture, have you considered an Epiphan DVI2USB 3.0? It's what I use with my SGIs and their unusual sync-on-green video signals, and I've heard of people using it to capture other strange video formats (e.g. 16hz). Any IRIX or ARCS PROM footage I've had on my channel recently has been recorded with it. It'll also natively capture just about any aspect ratio you throw at it, which is useful. A lot of the "consumer" devices don't want to do anything but 16:9 or 4:3.
I have some Epiphan devices, they're one thing I was referring to when I mentioned having capture devices that work well with this.
@@LGR Ah, great, yeah, those'll take anything. Thanks for the reply!
That's a pretty capable device. It deserves appreciation.
7:10 Nice setup. Maybe you will talk about it some time? What are those speakers?
I'm blown away on how good the games look.
5:15 Oh hi, David Murray, thx for watching this video and excited about it.
I really need one of these
Is that a Ford RS200 wallpaper?! Got to love the craziness that was Group B.
That a really cool little piece of tech!
Looking good :) BTW It would be easy to change the FPGA code to generate SVGA 800x600@60Hz but then you would get not optimal aspect ratio or even small centered image.
I love my retro tech but this has to be one of the nerdiest LGR episodes I've ever seen, haha
So awesome! I mean, it's a tiny bit expensive. For what it does and how it performs? Seems worth every penny to me. Great vid, I love it!
You take me back to childhood with wheel of fortune
I wonder if this will work on a Commodore 128 RGB 80 column Display Port?
RGBI*
An Escort Cosworth on snow for background??
I have an F-150 on ice! :P loving forza horizon 4!
Also great video! This will come in handy for you to show us those good ol' retro games we love
Love classic Fords!
i.imgur.com/PHJRZik.jpg
And from here you can go a little further to get a DisplayPort signal. The IBM PC remains absolutely future-proof, whatever the future may be.
I wasn't even an IBM-compatible guy back then and I still find EGA nostalgic for just being indicative of that era of computer technology. Ah, the good ol' days. Need to play some Amiga games now.
Yeah baby, I like it raw.
Didn't think I'd hear an ODB reference on LGR. Even if it wasn't intentional.
That is really cool!
When an MDA or CGA mode is set up on the EGA by calling the BIOS, then the raster timing, video memory layout, data format, and some other low-level hardware details such as cursor control are identical to those aspects of the operation of an MDA or CGA, providing a high degree of direct software and hardware
Time for a relaxing evening eating chocolate and watching LGR. :)
Sees Test Drive 2, falls into a deep hole of nostalgia..
Nice! How about a tour of all your vintage hardware (in storage I assume) you have as well? You seem to have quite the collection, would be great to see some of it :)