Re: Q: RGBI (TTL) to VGA conversion - Experiences: MVC007 converter?

[fx <sfxman@gmail.com>]

On Sunday, March 31, 2013 8:55:23 PM UTC-4, Steven Hirsch wrote:
> On 03/29/2013 10:36 PM, fx wrote:
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> > On Thursday, March 28, 2013 8:29:17 AM UTC-4, Steven Hirsch wrote:
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> >> The Samsung 730MW and 940MW are available on US eBay and both have a
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> >> SCART input for RGB+S video.  The IIgs video looks quite good on them.
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> > Since that monitor will sync down to TV frequencies, could you put the IIgs
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> > on the VGA input?
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> I haven't tried it, but my guess is no.  VGA inputs tend to have a minimum 
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> horizontal scan frequency of 31.5Khz.

Yeah I know that that's the general rule, but some rare monitors are the exception. It seems worth trying. You can use a Mac 15 pin to VGA adapter, because the RGB and sync pins are in the same place on the IIgs.