MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY & NEW TURBO MODE!

[ulysses31]

monitor that doesn't work

Mecer 19 inch LCD Wide TW999-BK

works with yaqube's minimig1 file (released earlier this year) and the two I/O connectors shorted but with the new firmware/minimig1 file all I get is Input display out of range  
so had to reflash the PIC back to older firmware

[yaqube]

@ulysses31

Have you tried the built which defaults to NTSC? You shouldn't have any troubles with it as you say the previous release works with your monitor without a problem.

[Darrin]

ulysses31 wrote:
monitor that doesn't work

Mecer 19 inch LCD Wide TW999-BK

works with yaqube's minimig1 file (released earlier this year) and the two I/O connectors shorted but with the new firmware/minimig1 file all I get is Input display out of range  
so had to reflash the PIC back to older firmware

Was that tested with both of the new PAL core and NTSC cores?  The NTSC core should work.  Strange.

[Darrin]

yaqube wrote:
@ulysses31

Have you tried the built which defaults to NTSC? You shouldn't have any troubles with it as you say the previous release works with your monitor without a problem.

I'm going to hang slack on adding that monitor until we confirm if the NTSC core was tested.

Out of interest, have you come across any LCD monitors that wouldn't work with a NTSC core?

[yaqube]

@Darrin

The NTSC mode has the same sync frequencies as standard 60Hz 640x480 VGA mode which is mandatory for every PC monitor (I know almost nothing about Apple's monitors). It should work.

[Darrin]

yaqube wrote:
@Darrin

The NTSC mode has the same sync frequencies as standard 60Hz 640x480 VGA mode which is mandatory for every PC monitor (I know almost nothing about Apple's monitors). It should work.

Makes sense.  I'd never heard of a monitor not working with the 60Hz mode.  I'll add it as yes to NTSC and no to PAL which appears to be the case.

[ulysses31]

@yaqube & Darrin
i have not tried the NTSC one yet only the PAL (tbh I forgot to test it)
I will try it later and post the results here

[Darrin]

ulysses31 wrote:
@yaqube & Darrin
i have not tried the NTSC one yet only the PAL (tbh I forgot to test it)
I will try it later and post the results here

Thanks.  It should work with the NTSC core, but it will be nice to have it confirmed 100%.

Cheers.

[trekiej]

Has anyone tried KVM switches?
It would be interesting to see 4 mini-migs hooked to one monitor.

[ulysses31]

Darrin wrote:

Thanks.  It should work with the NTSC core, but it will be nice to have it confirmed 100%.

Cheers.

ok reflashed the PIC and tested NTSC core and works on this monitor.

also tested my main monitor Digimate L-2231WD 22" Widescreen 5ms TFT Monitor and works on that as well.

and I tested it with Elite (love this game)

[Darrin]

ulysses31 wrote:

Darrin wrote:

Thanks.  It should work with the NTSC core, but it will be nice to have it confirmed 100%.

Cheers.

ok reflashed the PIC and tested NTSC core and works on this monitor.

also tested my main monitor Digimate L-2231WD 22" Widescreen 5ms TFT Monitor and works on that as well.

and I tested it with Elite (love this game)

Cheers.  :-)

I'm not even going to mention how long I "tested" Elite for or how I pissed the wife off by hogging the 42" plasma and blasting out her eardrums by putting the sound through the surround sound system.  :-D

[ulysses31]

Darrin wrote:

I'm not even going to mention how long I "tested" Elite for or how I pissed the wife off by hogging the 42" plasma and blasting out her eardrums by putting the sound through the surround sound system.  :-D

hehe mines at work, although I dunno what the neighbours think though....actually who cares they know what I'm like  :-o  :lol:

[Darrin]

ulysses31 wrote:

hehe mines at work, although I dunno what the neighbours think though....actually who cares they know what I'm like  :-o  :lol:

LOL.  Just treat them like Thargoids!   :lol:

[beller]

Sorry Darrin, but I've got no report for you on monitors.  I'm using MiniMig with a CRT VGA monitor I had in storage.

For my SD card I'm using an Ultra SD 2 GB card I purchased for $6 each at CompUSA.com on special.  They are now $9.99.  I bought a bunch of them!

[ulysses31]

a few games tested so far

Alfred Chicken - Works (I can hear music but screen Input Out Of Range appears on the monitor (NTSC and PAL cores). Minimig can be reset from the F12 menu although you can't see OSD)

Altered Beast - Works (Sega/Activision)
APB - Works  (Tengen)
James Pond Aquatic Games - Works  (Millenium)
Wicked - Works (Electric Dreams)

will test more as soon as I can leave Elite alone    :lol:

now if Yaqube could do a 60hz PAL hack   ;-)

[Darrin]

@ Ulysses31 & Beller:

Thanks guys - I'm off to update the Wiki...