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Title: USB to SVGA Adaptor
Post by: Retro_71 on January 17, 2008, 01:58:02 PM

Look what i found...
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/USB-2-0-To-SVGA-Adaptor-Supports-MS-Vista_W0QQitemZ180205618466QQihZ008QQcategoryZ40156QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I wonder if this will work with a miggy with usb?

Title: Re: USB to SVGA Adaptor
Post by: Krusher on January 17, 2008, 02:00:32 PM

Those things are useless, even on wintel boxes. Lowsy performance and limited resolution.
 

Title: Re: USB to SVGA Adaptor
Post by: Oli_hd on January 17, 2008, 02:00:48 PM

Sure, just write a driver for it and you are away. :)
although I am thinking the speed of that card is gonna suck.
(Oh and it has to support the slower USB speeds as 480mbps is out)

Maplins have sold these things for ages, normally used on laptops for slide shows and stuff

Title: Re: USB to SVGA Adaptor
Post by: Retro_71 on January 17, 2008, 02:02:29 PM

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Oli_hd wrote:
Sure, just write a driver for it and you are away. :)
although I am thinking the speed of that card is gonna suck.
(Oh and it has to support the slower USB speeds as 480mbps is out)

Maplins have sold these things for ages, normally used on laptops for slide shows and stuff

Cool didn't know that. first time i've seen these things  :-D  . Not that i have a miggy with USB anyway  :-(

Title: Re: USB to SVGA Adaptor
Post by: quenthal on January 17, 2008, 02:02:35 PM

If someone releases USB-device & Picasso96/CybergraphX drivers for this it would be one intresting RTG solution with Deneb for classics.. ;-)

I doubt this would be sensible though.

Title: Re: USB to SVGA Adaptor
Post by: Krusher on January 17, 2008, 02:05:19 PM

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quenthal wrote:
If someone releases USB-device & Picasso96/CybergraphX drivers for this it would be one intresting RTG solution with Deneb for classics.. ;-)
...

Not really, I've seen them in action and they are sluggish.. More or less like on Windows without accelerated display drivers or remote control.

Title: Re: USB to SVGA Adaptor
Post by: Oli_hd on January 17, 2008, 02:16:07 PM

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Not really, I've seen them in action and they are sluggish.. More or less like on Windows without accelerated display drivers or remote control.

USB bandwidth wise USB2.0 full out should be able to equal a Z2 graphics card with little trouble, that said Ive read these things are only any good for slideshows so...

Title: Re: USB to SVGA Adaptor
Post by: Krusher on January 17, 2008, 02:21:10 PM

It's not a bandwith issue, but the way those USB vga things work. They use a form of compression, and indeed only useful for slideshows or to extend your screen for more spreadsheets or whatever. Forget about having animations or movies on it.