13-02-2022, 11:22 AM
What an amazing system! the previous owner obviously loved it enough to do a lot of upgrades.
As you have mentioned you're time poor, I am loathe to mention this as a good solution, but one solution to get CGA into modern colour LCD is NecroWare's MCE Adapter (https://github.com/necroware/mce-adapter). That'll get your CGA up to suitable signals for an VGA style monitor. (I use one with my Comm0odore 128 for 80 column mode)
Unfortunately it's only half the battle, as you'll need some way of handling the 15KHz signal coming out of your Microbee. I have two different solutions that I use. The first option is to have a monitor that supports 15KHz natively, which is my primary solution. (http://15khz.wikidot.com/ and https://15khz.net/. I have an Acer V226HQL and I love it very much. I use it with my Amiga, C128, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and Acorn systems). My secondary solution, and I believe it's built off the same technology as the CGA to VGA adapters above is a GBSControl. It's a modified GBS8200 with a few extra chips added for a rocksteady upscaler for a very reasonable price, but very DIY :-D https://github.com/ramapcsx2/gbs-control
I will admit to NOT having a colour 'bee, so I just use composite on a little LCD telly I have.
Chesh
As you have mentioned you're time poor, I am loathe to mention this as a good solution, but one solution to get CGA into modern colour LCD is NecroWare's MCE Adapter (https://github.com/necroware/mce-adapter). That'll get your CGA up to suitable signals for an VGA style monitor. (I use one with my Comm0odore 128 for 80 column mode)
Unfortunately it's only half the battle, as you'll need some way of handling the 15KHz signal coming out of your Microbee. I have two different solutions that I use. The first option is to have a monitor that supports 15KHz natively, which is my primary solution. (http://15khz.wikidot.com/ and https://15khz.net/. I have an Acer V226HQL and I love it very much. I use it with my Amiga, C128, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and Acorn systems). My secondary solution, and I believe it's built off the same technology as the CGA to VGA adapters above is a GBSControl. It's a modified GBS8200 with a few extra chips added for a rocksteady upscaler for a very reasonable price, but very DIY :-D https://github.com/ramapcsx2/gbs-control
I will admit to NOT having a colour 'bee, so I just use composite on a little LCD telly I have.
Chesh
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