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« Last Edit: December 15, 2009, 08:43:06 PM by dougal »
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Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2009, 08:55:17 PM »
If it was me I would just save up another $60 and get an Indivision istead of taking a chance on that. It might work but the signal might not look great for the Amiga.
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Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2009, 09:01:53 PM »
The way the indivision works means you'd get a much better picture. Go for that if you can afford it.
 

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Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2009, 09:04:20 PM »
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The way the indivision works means you'd get a much better picture. Go for that if you can afford it.


Afford it i can

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Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2009, 09:48:14 PM »
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Would this effectivly work like a good scandoubler/flickerfixer ?


At first I was going to say no because most of these devices only offer pass-through for the VGA signal.

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converter supports all major RGB outputs from the following gaming machine PCBs and all other legacy computer video sources:

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It would be really cool if it supported NTSC CD32's funky PAL mode with NTSC color signal :)
 

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Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2009, 10:25:47 PM »
This thread has some screenshots (I think it's the same device, but???):
http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=3975

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Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2009, 10:40:46 PM »
It's a shame it doesn't handle interlaced modes very well. Otherwise it's not bad, especially for games.
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Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2009, 11:18:37 PM »
Looks like a decent solution, but I wonder how it compares to the predecessor to the IndivisionAGA, the Toastscan, or what ever the other name for it was?
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Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2009, 11:34:58 PM »
I used something similar a year or so ago with a PAL A600. Interlaced screen modes still flickered and actually appeared worse. I use a flicker fixer now, and that's definitely the way to go.
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Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2009, 11:37:00 PM »
Which Amiga did you want to use this on?  Amiga 4000T?
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Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2009, 11:37:22 PM »
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Afford it i can

Does it work with the A4000T ? Nope :(


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Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2009, 11:42:52 PM »
I have the Indivision ECS/AGA for my main machines.  They work great.

I also have a XRGB2 for other stuff.  I was going to use it on my Amigas as well but the Indivision is better.  The external solutions might give you a picture on a CRT monitor but a lot of the time they don't look very good on the LCD screens.

Noise in the picture is the issue.  Anything other than playing games can get annoying.
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Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2009, 12:04:36 AM »
1st link - Don't bother, got it  - and it had a very poor picture / conversion. Un-usable.

2nd link  - I dunno, Indivision works great but I didn't know A4000T could not use it.
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Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2009, 12:45:50 AM »
I've got one of these and it works great. http://tvone.com/1t-dvi-vga-main.shtml

I seem to remember they aren't cheap though.
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Re: Would this work well as a sd/ff for Amiga
« Reply #14 on: December 16, 2009, 01:37:28 AM »
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Afford it i can

Does it work with the A4000T ? Nope :(

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