MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY & NEW TURBO MODE!

[mahen]

Any news about a possible PAL 60 Hz hacked build ?

[mahen]

Something as simple as an IRC client would be amazing. Some IRC servers provide gateways for all IM services. Would be amazing not to start a 3 Ghz computer just to chat

BTW, OT : did anyone try to hook up their minimig to a regular 15 Khz TV ?

Personally I think I will use the minimig to write reports etc. as plain text files. Usually when I write something on my computer I can't help checking thousands of things on the web. In the end, I waste 90% of the time

[mahen]

Added LG 1915S 19" LCD monitor. Contrary to its specifications, it DOES support 50 Hz ! Woohoo !

However, the minimig doesn't seem to like my kvm switch : keyboard keys tend to remain hit, and I have to keep the mouse button pushed to be able to move the mouse pointer

Monitor detects output as 800x600. It was 640x480 with the NTSC core

[mahen]

On my 19 inches LG LCD monitor (LG 1915S) I noticed that the picture is unequally distorted.

Indeed: when I type, in a shell "ooooooooooooooooooooooo", each o is different. Some look OK, some are too big or too small...

I tried many settings but didn't achieve anything satisfying.

Also I noticed scrollings didn't look that smooth (maybe for the same reason).

Edit : maybe it's due to the fact it has a 1280x1024 matrix, instead of 1280x960 ?

cheers !

[mahen]

Is it possible to get the Minimig to output a 100 Hz vertical frequency, instead of 50 Hz ?

Indeed, some 100 Hz TV screens double the vertical frequency to get a less flickery picture. I found some very nice big CRT monitors, but, the 50 Hz mode will make me blind in a couple of hours, and the monitors don't double the frequency by themselves

Thanks for reading my annoying blabbering...

[mahen]

(Boing : I forgot to thank you for your previous reply ! Actually, 50 Hz is OK provided the monitor is not too big / you are not too close.)

Well, the question may have been asked already...

I have a 19" LG LCD monitor. It supports 50 Hz, so the PAL core does work. However, it apparently doesn't support a "910 pixels per line sample clock", therefore, picture is distorted horizontally, which makes horizontal scrolling look ugly.

Is that due to that fact that a 720*576 PAL screenmode is detected by the monitor as 800*600 (this is what the OSD says)?

My naïve question is : would it be possible for the Minimig to optionally output in a slightly different resolution (800x600 by adding black border for instance) in order to make it look properly with more monitors ?

I could get a 17"/19" CRT easily, of course, but definitely lack room

Thanks for reading this (BTW : I am clueless

[mahen]

Also Pinball Dreams for instance.