Comments on: Linux on obsolete displays

By: Spencer

Spencer — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:24:52 +0000

Would it be possible to rig up a similar cable for converting a composite or component signal to VGA?

I’ve got a dual-VGA-input flatpanel that I’d like to try things with….

By: don

don — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:10:24 +0000

Very nice!

btw, the Coby sets (among the dozens of cheapie brands selling that design) can be had for less than $10 in some electronics stores. Otherwise, a neighbor’s junked console TV wouldn’t be bad either.

By: David Murray

David Murray — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:03:33 +0000

Are there any other websites out there devoted to using the VGA card to drive composite video in this manner? I’m really interested in exploring this as a possible display method for small screens inside my shuttlecraft project (as seen in this video)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4443903857241324322

Please point me to any websites.

By: bchafy

bchafy — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:31:15 +0000

> What is pictured looks to be the cheapy $27
> black-and-white antenna-driven TV from
> walmart.

The TV I used was a Coby CX-TV1
~$18 at amazon.
athough Ive seen the exact same model under different names (newtech, memorex, etx). It has composite input.

> but modifying the VGACard Bios isn’t new. I
> have to done it to make it work with the
> Arcade Monitor. All people who has a PC
> inside his Arcade Machine has to done this

Any links to this, these people, or an image? Some other places Ive found to be somewhat helpful are http://www.wimsbios.com http://www.biosmods.com and http://www.mameworld.net/pc2jamma/monitors.html

By: theNinjaBunny

theNinjaBunny — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:59:21 +0000

Hi, that was C00L, but modifying the VGACard Bios isn’t new. I have to done it to make it work with the Arcade Monitor. All people who has a PC inside his Arcade Machine has to done this (or buy an expensive VGACard…)

By: John

John — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 07:58:34 +0000

I used to have some old 27 inch NTSC displays from an airport that this would have been perfect for.

By: mastershake916@yahoo.com

mastershake916@yahoo.com — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 08:41:06 +0000

Wow, this IS cool!
Linux makes old hardware cool.

By: dreamlayers

dreamlayers — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 07:21:11 +0000

Don’t just think of the small TVs. You can also use large old workstation monitors. You can get those cheaply or even for free. I could get them for $15 each or less at a university surplus sale.

I was using a 19″ monitor from a Sun workstation for a while. The ATI Mach64 drivers allowed me to customize the refresh rate in Windows. Linux allows customization via SVGATextMode and XF86Config. I wanted to use the monitor for DOS too so I wrote a TSR and later converted it to a BIOS extension which I burned to an EPROM that I put in the network card. svgatextmode and x drivers for the card provided all the information I needed to write that tsr.

By: Shadyman

Shadyman — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 07:03:27 +0000

What is pictured looks to be the cheapy $27 black-and-white antenna-driven TV from walmart. That has (inexpensive) possibilities.

By: Mac Cody

Mac Cody — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 06:02:25 +0000

Re #3: An interesting idea springs from this: Just use two of the color guns of the old rear projector big screen television (say red and blue). Then, make some glasses with a red and a blue filter for each eye. Finally display left-hand and right-hand images. You’ll have a cheap big-screen 3D-TV! It boggles the mind! ;)

By: natasha drooney

natasha drooney — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 02:45:11 +0000

hehe, thats pritty nifty :)

-Natasha
http://www.playpacman.net

By: Kabuki

Kabuki — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:38:46 +0000

That’s pretty f-ing cool… Think about this, too… Using the triple head method would also be a great way to independently drive each CRT of an older Rear Projector bigscreen television. That would be pretty nifty…

By: olliestyles

olliestyles — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:27:59 +0000

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By: olliestyles

olliestyles — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:24:51 +0000

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