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Re: PC TV-Out to Apple II monitor

The Wizard of Oz wrote:

On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:36:38 -0800, grimholtz@mailinator.com wrote:



Hi,

Like most modern PCs, mine has an S-Video TV-OUT video output. I
enabled it in the BIOS, connected an S-Video to RCA Video converter,
and plugged the RCA cable into my Apple II monitor. Nothing; no image.
I know the monitor works well because I use it with my Apple II.

Has anyone tried this? Green-screen Windows :)

-Eric



	Funny you should mention that...

	My PC runs Linux. I have an ATI 7000. Also has S-Video out. I'm not able
to drive a colour composite monitor or a green composite monitor. However
(this is the cool part) I can plug it into a VCR. From there I can plug
the VCR into a composite monitor and it works. Text mode is terrible. If I
didn't know what was on the screen I wouldn't be able to read it. Graphics
only works if I choose 640x480 or 800x600. Even then I wouldn't load up a
GUI. Which is to say I can play videos if I call up the program while in
text mode. I haven't tried any SDL (graphics from text mode) programs
apart from the video player. XWindows (the GUI) didn't work well for me.
The other thing to mention (at least with this card and Linux) is to make
sure ONLY the composite monitor is attached.


What have you set the PC resolution of the video output to?  The S-video
output is another monitor, and can be set up independently of the main
monitor.  I have a Media Center PC connected to an HD monitor using
S-video (I know, lowered expectations ;-) and I run it at 1024x768 and
get pretty readable results on the Windows desktop, though far worse
than with a VGA-connected LCD.  Using a component video connection is
almost as good as the VGA LCD.

The PC video card should be quite capable of driving a composite monitor
directly with the correct setup.

-michael

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