Re: Another idea for outputting to VGA/DVI/HDMI

[Sheldon Simms <wssimms@gmail.com>]

On 2013-03-23 18:57:32 +0000, Sheldon Simms said:

> Like many of you I have also thought about how to produce "modern" 
> video output from an Apple II. … I was even considering trying out a 
> BeagleBone (http://beagleboard.org/bone/) to see if I could use the 
> 40-or-so GPIOs available on the board...

There is a new Beaglebone that will soon be available for $45 that has 
HDMI video
output already built in.

I am going to get one and work on this project.

The Beaglebone GPIOs are implemented as headers, so I'm thinking that 
ideally, there would be a card that could plug into an Apple slot, that 
would contain connectors for the Beaglebone to plug in, and a solution 
to reduce the signal voltages to 3.3V so as not to fry the Beaglebone.

My plan, is to port the video emulation code of NTSC Applewin to the 
Beaglebone and use that to display real Apple II video. I expect to get 
started on it sometime in June.