17 Mar
2010
17 Mar
'10
2:54 a.m.
On 3/16/2010 3:09 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
For the record, you are one of a kind. I say that with the sincerest
form of flattery.
Had I enough free time, I could learn it too, but I don't have much
these days. My free time in my youth was spent learning the hardware
What are you really trying to do? Waht is the machine
you are taking the
outputs from, and what are you trying to do with them?
Trying to capture the output of a program running on an IBM 5160 that
only looks correct via CGA RGB output.
I would need
to go to school to understand what I would be looking at.
Err, I didn't. For the record I have never had a single formal class in
any form of electronicvs. from the outside (ie. assembler programming), not the
inside.
I am pretty darn certain that this can't be done
with a simple cable, and
it can't be done properly with passive components. You are going to need
some simple chips to do this.
The input stage of a CGA monitor will kelp (and will show you how colour
6 is handled), but you will need to make modifications.
Fair enough; I'll retain this to show my electronics-savvy brother.
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