Re: RGB to Component video converter (SCART)

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

mdj wrote:
> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>
> > For any of you familiar with the SCART connector, here's a *very*
> > reasonable converter from RGB to Component video--for connecting
> > a IIgs to a hi-def monitor, perhaps.
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190105916343
> >
> > The cost is so low, I'm not sure exactly what it is, but I'm guessing
> > that it either gets power from the SCART connector or the white RCA
> > connector is a power input (?) or ???  If it's passive, then I doubt
> > it would do the job.

I was thinking that the white RCA connector could also be a sync
output...  But, IIRC, the SCART connector does have power, right?

> It must be. The circuitry required to convert RGB to YUV is pretty
> trivial but you do need power.
> There was a simple design published in one of our local hobbyist
> electronics rags a couple of years back.
>
> BTW your above link goes to an AppliCard, not said converter.

That's annoying!  I constructed a short URL in NotePad, but then
apparently neglected to "copy" it before pasting.  ;-(

Here's what it should have been:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150118786661

Here's a link to a converter that clearly *is* powered, with a low
starting bid, but with a reserve:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330116364937

-michael

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