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Title: Cheap Scandoublers?
Post by: mendark on November 21, 2003, 04:38:54 PM
Hi y'a'll!

While surfing I found this beauty:

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=0&products_id=3166& (http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=0&products_id=3166&)

Maybe a cheap scandoubler for any of us?
Title: Re: Cheap Scandoublers?
Post by: Lemmink on November 21, 2003, 04:46:52 PM
Hmm, could work, but whre comes this "cheap" from ? For that price you should easily get an external Scandoubler.
Title: Re: Cheap Scandoublers?
Post by: haymiggan on November 21, 2003, 05:11:40 PM
I've heard only bad things about that model, something about it being lethal...in the bad way!
Title: Re: Cheap Scandoublers?
Post by: Skippy on November 21, 2003, 05:26:41 PM
There's a guy on Ebay selling AmiVGAs for £10. I brought one just for the hell of it.

Note though, this unit requires a boot disk before you can use a VGA monitor and only supports a fixed 640*480 screen mode.

Also because the unit was developed in 1993 it does not work with all newer monitors. I tested this unit on 4 monitors and only the 3 'vintages VGA' work not my SVGA.

ALSO requires the Super Denise Chip.

Skip
Title: Re: Cheap Scandoublers?
Post by: Framiga on November 21, 2003, 07:01:11 PM
Hi mendark

not a good choise!

It hasn't RGB+Sync input, so unuseful for the job.

Composite IN . .  .naaaaaa!!!

Ciao

Title: Re: Cheap Scandoublers?
Post by: Jope on November 21, 2003, 08:30:25 PM
Quote

mendark wrote:
Hi y'a'll!

While surfing I found this beauty:

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=0&products_id=3166& (http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=0&products_id=3166&)

Maybe a cheap scandoubler for any of us?


http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=219&products_id=2875& is what you're looking for, but it's not cheap.

Also: the SCART connector has the Japanese pinout, so you need to whip together an adapter.