MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY & NEW TURBO MODE!

[Darrin]

I'm not sure if FAT32 will work - I use FAT16.

[Darrin]

Everblue wrote:

If I remember well many PAL games did not go down on the screen all the way, so my guess is that with NTSC mode, those games will fill the screen nicely. Games making use of all the screen would have the bottom bit chopped off.

Correct.  The only one I've noticed this on so far is Rodland which is clipped at the bottom in NTSC and fine in PAL.

[mahen]

Also Pinball Dreams for instance.

[Darrin]

mahen wrote:
Also Pinball Dreams for instance.

Ah yes!  Thanks for reminding me.  :-D

[Hojo Norem]

5. Is it possible (just wondering) to use an RGB/SCART cable with minimig for a normal TV?

Yes, you just need to build (or get somebody to build or buy one) a straight VGA to SCART adapter cable and set the Minimig's screen output jumper to 15Khz.  I do this and get a brilliant picture on my TV.

[Everblue]

This would be awesome. Pinouts anyone? What about audio? Can you get it from the audio jack straight into scart?

[Hojo Norem]

This would be awesome. Pinouts anyone? What about audio? Can you get it from the audio jack straight into scart?

It's actually a rather simple cable to make.  The SCART and VGA pinouts (amongst tons of others) can be found at The Hardware Book.

Just connect the obvious pins together with the exception of at the VGA side connect the HSYNC pin to the SCART composite in pin and the VGA VSYNC pin to the SCART blanking signal pin via a 75 Ohm resistor.  The audio is easier, just buy a regular jack to jack audio lead, cut one end off and wire it to the SCART audio in pins.