Hello All,
This is my very first post here, and I am glad to be part of these great communities.
OK, I have a Windows PC and I am running MAME and other emulators on it (SEGA, SNES, etc.). As you know the graphics are a bit pixellated and since I don't want to use any anti-aliasing software to smooth out the edges, I figured I might connect my Windows PC to my Commodore 1084S-D1 monitor: Now this is the thing that gets tricky, when I connect my real Amiga to 1084S-D1 using a DB 15-pin to DB 9-pin cable, the graphics are superb and sharp. But I need a specialty cable that has a 15Pin VGA at one end, and a DB 9-pin on the other in order to be connected to 1084S-D1. Also, through Display Properties in Windows (using utilities such as PowerStrip, 15Khz, etc) I might be able to force my 1084S-D1 to display video signal from my PC (VGA) correctly.
Any help, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Back of my 1084S-D1
(http://bilgisayarlarim.com/Amiga/1084S-D1/15.jpg)
VGA (15 pin MALE) to DB 9-pin (MALE):
(http://site.ambery.com/webgraph/CGA-VGACable.jpg)
very cheap on ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l2736&_nkw=DB+9pin+vga (http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l2736&_nkw=DB+9pin+vga)
Thanks for your kind reply. But the question remains:
If I obtain such cable, would I be able to display my emulated games on Windows PC via 1084S-D1?
Thanks again.
Looks like it is possible and have been already done here!
http://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor...hp?topic=127.0 (http://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor...hp?topic=127.0)
"No need extra converter, VGA to SCART in RGB will work fine BUT you'll have to use AdvanceMame under DOS, or, more easy for setup : buy an Ultimarc's ArcadeVGA and you'll be able to use windows. I strongly suggest you that option if you never worked under dos and AdvanceMame config"
OK, my first attempt is not successful I guess. This is what I did:
1) I went out I bought a D9M-15HF "Gender Changer" adapter, and a male Db9 Serial cable. (already had a male-male VGA).
2) Installed 15Khz soft utility on my PC desktop (nVIDIA 6200 AGP, which has 1VGA, 1DVI and 1S-Video out)
3) lowered my resolution to 640x480.
4) Restarted Windows XP
5) Connected my 1084S-D1, via the cable contraption that I mentioned in step 1.
6) 1084S-D1 only displays garbled red video signal. I even changed my VGA cable for a different one, pressed on buttons in the back of 1084S-D1, nothing changed however.
All screenshots are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48901682@N02/7162721710/#in/photostream/lightbox/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/48901682@N02/7162721710/#in/photostream/lightbox/)
I am asking someone to make a cable for me, according to the following instructions:
http://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=127.0 (http://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=127.0)
So hopefully I have better success with this one.
I will keep you posted.