Date   : Fri, 02 Feb 2001 17:28:47 -0000
From   : "Colin Fraser" <colinf@...>
Subject: Re: BBC to PC Monitor

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bbc-micro@...
> [mailto:owner-bbc-micro@...]On Behalf Of Dennis Hartley
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 5:08 PM
> To: BBC mailing list
> Subject: [BBC-Micro] BBC to PC Monitor
>
> Has anybody managed to connect the RGB and sync output from a
> Beeb to a
> modern PC's SVGA monitor ?  If so how ??
>
> It should be possible according to the SVGA pinouts, but I
> can't get the
> monitor to come off standby mode.

Modern PC monitors wont sync to the BBC's antiquated signal I'm afraid.

Typical PC outputs run at 60 - 80 Hz vertical sync rate, and 30kHz+
horizontal sync.
The BBC outputs 50 Hz vertical sync (with interlace) and 15kHz horizontal
sync.
Some old multi-sync monitors can stretch to cover this difference in range,
but I doubt any modern monitors will.

The only practical way to get a BBC's output on a PC monitor would be some
sort of timebase corrector, or probably less expensive would be a PC with a
TV capture card...

Colin f