FWIW, the port I have tested a lot and can vouch for is the RGB / VGA. Haven't done much with the composite. But... my Sinclair QL with composite mod (NTSC) seems to work, and I thought it used the same chips?
- Ian On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Adrian Graham <wit...@binarydinosaurs.co.uk > wrote: > Hi folks, > > So, my 'new' monitor arrives today, beautifully packed and I wasted no time > in testing all ports; should've brought home the monitor tester I have at > work since it can generate Weird Frequencies, in fact I'll take the screen > in tomorrow and hook it up. > > Anyhoo, all good apart from s-video which I can't test without something > that outputs s-video. I know the Commodore 64 does but I haven't made up a > cable for that yet, another thing on the TUIT list. Composite tested > courtesy of an original Playstation and Raspberry Pi. > > Then I remembered that I've composite modded a Sinclair Spectrum and a ZX81 > and I get no picture at all with those, like the signal is too weak for the > monitor to pick up. Said pair of machines work fine on my 2008-era LCD TV > though so does anyone know what the difference might be? > > Just because I could I hooked the Spectrum up to an Apple ][ Monitor and > that works fine - http://binarydinosaurs.co.uk/IMG_8839.JPG > > Are there variations to the PAL Composite standard? > > -- > Adrian/Witchy > Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator > Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer > collection? > > > > > ------ Forwarded Message > From: Adrian Graham <wit...@binarydinosaurs.co.uk> > Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 22:52:48 +0100 > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Conversation: Best LCDs for retrocomputing - Was: Re: New *square* 1:1 > 26.5" > LCD monitor 1920x1920 > Subject: Re: Best LCDs for retrocomputing - Was: Re: New *square* 1:1 26.5" > LCD monitor 1920x1920 > > On 16/05/2016 20:13, "Ian Finder" <ian.fin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I dunno if it's relevant or not, but my go-to LCD for retro stuff is the > > Dell 2007FP- > > There was a panel lottery, some are TN, some IPS. Both are solid. > > > > They are 4:3, 1600x1200 native. > > > > They have DVI, VGA, Composite and S-Video inputs, and very stellar > scalers. > > In fact there was one available for ukp35 so it's now mine. I remember > these > monitors from a few years ago at a customer that specialised in video for > aeroplanes, I used one not quite daily but remember being irked at the time > that it was several button presses needed to get from VGA to DVI input, > hahaha. > > -- > Adrian/Witchy > Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator > Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer > collection? > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > > -- Ian Finder (206) 395-MIPS ian.fin...@gmail.com
