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15th February 2014, 16:11
thetekken

cool :)

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I think the image I used was up-res'd to 800x600, so I am thinking this is too high for a monitor of this age and type. so, I might play around with maybe a 640x480 (or even 320x240) hopefully, doing this will mean the scanlines are thicker, and therefore stand out more? maybe

For the record, the Monochrome Display Adapter's native resolution is 720x350 (9x14 pixels per character,) even though it has no bitmap mode (the old Hercules Graphics Card did, though.)

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actually, while you're here... some people have said that the screen is "too black" and needs to be greyer and less reflective, what are your views on these? do I have it about right or should I change it?

It is more grey naturally, though the extent to which it's noticeable depends a lot on the lighting and whether it's displaying anything. djos's picture of the color monitor has about the right level of black; his picture of the 5151, on the other hand, is lit so that it's a lot more noticeable than usual.

cheers commodorejohn :) with your help and djos, i think i can make the screen look better. i also will add a slight curve to the bottom and top of the bezel of the monitor, at the front. then (i think) it really will be complete and ready for Viva Amiga.

thanks again guys :thumbsup:

mrP
15th February 2014, 19:09
plazma

I bought this boat:
http://plazma.kapsi.fi/pictures/lofots2004/IMG_1589.jpg

And two working C64 PSUs. One is a non potted model. No pictures.

And also got a mini display for XX€. It's this NIB.
http://dx.com/p/3-5-inch-tft-640-480...1#.Uv-0lXNBuAg

I have a plan to make a mini display for my C64. That display is placed into a datasette housing with SD2IEC.
15th February 2014, 23:30
plazma

And the display is C64 compatible. I had some cheaper models with horrible low resolution and pentile display.
This is 320x240 even though it's advertized as 640x480. Square pixels and good image anyway for such a small screen.
http://plazma.kapsi.fi/pictures/temp...ch_display.jpg
17th February 2014, 19:37
cheezmonkey

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Well you might have seen me moaning a lot this week, especially for someone who joined, well, this week. Sorry about that, I promise I don't moan that much on a normal week. But on reflection, it's actually been a pretty good one... Here's what I have acquired this week. The Need for Speed game was a valentine's gift from Mrs. Cheezmonkey. She's very good to me.

The 500, by the way, has some kind of expansion board in it, presumably taking it up to 1mb, but as it's my first Amiga for 20 years or so, I don't have any stock and the Workbench disk was DOA - I don't know any other way of checking without inspecting the chips and well, I can wait a few days. Luckily a kind soul here has sold me a set of Workbench disks. (Thanks, AmigaRulez)
18th February 2014, 03:48
rkauer

Nice A500. Remember to check and snip out the battery on the A501 (or other memory expansion brand) in the trapdoor.

Those pesky batteries have the nasty habit of leaking around and kill good electronics.
18th February 2014, 10:02
Starteck2002

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The Postman brought me this little bundle of joy today! It's an IDE board for my Mega STe and TOS 2.06 ROMS - I'll be fitting today hopefully :-)
18th February 2014, 20:20
Nobby_UK

Seagate 160GB IDE Hard Drive
(This time Well Padded)
and a Blue USB to Micro USB Charger Ribbon
18th February 2014, 20:50
bobpard

this arrived today from ebay. I knew it was a fake though, but always wondered what they were like in the flesh:
http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/...ps624e0f8c.jpg
http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/...ps376170b0.jpg
http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/...pscf877e2f.jpg
fake gba, looks like its in a real gba sp case though, but feels lighter than a real sp. The screen is a proper screen though, on a par with a 101 to be honest. But the resolution seems slightly wrong which is noticeable on the games. 99,999 games included (well about 30 on repeat), doesnt play gb games and all the gba games have framerate issues. Anyone know anything about these?
18th February 2014, 22:05
protek

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this arrived today from ebay. I knew it was a fake though, but always wondered what they were like in the flesh:/
fake gba, looks like its in a real gba sp case though, but feels lighter than a real sp. The screen is a proper screen though, on a par with a 101 to be honest. But the resolution seems slightly wrong which is noticeable on the games. 99,999 games included (well about 30 on repeat), doesnt play gb games and all the gba games have framerate issues. Anyone know anything about these?

Potential LCD screen donor for real GBAs perhaps? :)
18th February 2014, 22:43
commodorejohn

http://i.imgur.com/7q251L3.jpg?1
Roland SC-55K

I've always had a bit of a bias against the Sound Canvas line for A. being the source of Windows's wretched default GM sound set and B. spearheading General MIDI, which turned the entire lower stratum of synthesizers/keyboards (and a healthy chunk of the upper strata) from the '90s onward into a bunch of cheap, lazy attempts at reproducing the exact same set of sounds and turned a good instrument-control protocol into a lousy audio-reproduction system. Still, it's not really fair to hold something's unintended repercussions against it, and taken on its own merits the Sound Canvas line is kind of dorkily charming - the perfect piece of equipment for replaying oldschool MIDI files from the BBS/shareware days - and certainly a million times better than its own bastardized offspring that is Windows's GM.DLS.