Patrick Schaefer wrote:
The problem is, it doesn't seem to work. I've only tried an ambermonitor so far (kind of defeats the purpose...)You have to use a television set. The lower chinch connector supplies a VHF (channel 2-3), the upper one an UHF (channel ~36) signal. So connect the upper one to your tv's antenna input and use manual tuning to find the frequency.
That's interesting news indeed. So "Video O P" doesn't mean video output at all, but VHF? No wonder it didn't work. Does that mean there is no video output on the card at all?
However, wouldn't you need a boxed modulator for VHF too? The lower connector does not have a modulator. You can see the card here:
http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~ticmanis/palcard.jpgAnd how come I did indeed get a (very,very weak) picture from the lower connector? The synchronization signal seems to be present, the monitor has no problem "catching" the picture. Also you see the typical sideways shifting of "PAL as seen on a monochrome screen". It's like the luminance only is missing.
The card plugs into slot 7 and some extra wires have to be connected to the main board. If you have an IIeuroplus, this modification may alreadybe done.
Well there are no wires on the card, and it has the two europlus extra signals (instead of DMA priority out and INT priority out I believe, which are normally not connected in Slot 7 of an NTSC II+) connected to the stuff on the card, so I assume it is built for an Europlus. The Europlus mainboard is identical to the last revision II+ board anyways, it just has some jumpers cut and some solder pads connected, plus the quartz frequency is slightly different.
Patrick
Thanks for your hints!-- Linards Ticmanis The Master said, "The business of laying on the colors follows the preparation of the plain ground."