Picasso II and Indivision ECS

Dijerydack · 11 September 2012, 19:03

10 minutes with this Philips CRT monitor and already it is making my eyes sore. I am going to have to get an LCD set up.

I am looking at the Indivision ECS and I was wondering if it would work if I had a Picasso II card installed as well? I thought maybe the video output from the Picasso would bypass the Indi.

source · 13 September 2012, 04:11

I have both the Indivision and a cybervision 643D in my A2000. I use a KVM switch to switch between the ECS 643D and the A386 bridgeboard. I don't know if there is a passtrhough with the picasso.

fitzsteve · 13 September 2012, 10:25

Hi Jack,

The PicassoII has an auto switching enabled passthrough, you feed the indivision into the PII and output the monitor, it will do the switching between RTG & Native automatically. (with P96 drivers)

Another Card to look out for is the EGS Spectrum as it does the same thing.

Steve.

utri007 · 17 September 2012, 18:36

Has also support for Zorro III wich Picasso II doesn't have, it is Zorro II only. Does it mean anything or not, I don't know

If you are planning to get LCD you could also buy LCD-TV, most of them has a VGA and Scart inputs, so you wouldn't need indivision.

I've 3 amigas and one C64 connected to my LCD-TV

Dijerydack · 21 September 2012, 00:44

@utri007, Thats interesting. what sort of t. v do you have? make and model... I havent had a telly for years, and never had an lcd.
:-)

source · 21 September 2012, 23:56

do a search for picasso II and LCD screens. If I remember correctly, there is a short created that will fry a component on the Picasso.

Dijerydack · 22 September 2012, 19:48

Yeah , I read about that. Need to take out a capacitor or something because of an earth problem.

utri007 · 22 September 2012, 20:47

I've old samsung TV.

Please note that scart cable that you have used with Philips, doesn't probably work with LCD-TV.

You should you one of these http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...roducts_id=226

Or you could chect your cable with little help of Ian Stedman http://www.ianstedman.co.uk/Amiga/am...iga_scart.html

Some LCD TVs doesn't have fully wired SCART connector and almost all have just one fully wired. To use second scart connector you would need this http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...roducts_id=211

orange · 24 September 2012, 08:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dijerydack

Yeah , I read about that. Need to take out a capacitor or something because of an earth problem.

I think its a resistor, to prevent Picasso outputting +5Volt on a VGA pin. for some reason, that pin is grounded on newer monitors.

11 September 2012, 19:03	#1
Dijerydack Registered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: London Posts: 17	Picasso II and Indivision ECS 10 minutes with this Philips CRT monitor and already it is making my eyes sore. I am going to have to get an LCD set up. I am looking at the Indivision ECS and I was wondering if it would work if I had a Picasso II card installed as well? I thought maybe the video output from the Picasso would bypass the Indi.

17 September 2012, 18:36	#4
utri007 mä vaan Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 1,653	Spectrum Has also support for Zorro III wich Picasso II doesn't have, it is Zorro II only. Does it mean anything or not, I don't know If you are planning to get LCD you could also buy LCD-TV, most of them has a VGA and Scart inputs, so you wouldn't need indivision. I've 3 amigas and one C64 connected to my LCD-TV

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13 September 2012, 04:11	#2
source Zone Friend Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 734	I have both the Indivision and a cybervision 643D in my A2000. I use a KVM switch to switch between the ECS 643D and the A386 bridgeboard. I don't know if there is a passtrhough with the picasso.

13 September 2012, 10:25	#3
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	Hi Jack, The PicassoII has an auto switching enabled passthrough, you feed the indivision into the PII and output the monitor, it will do the switching between RTG & Native automatically. (with P96 drivers) Another Card to look out for is the EGS Spectrum as it does the same thing. Steve.

21 September 2012, 00:44	#5
Dijerydack Registered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: London Posts: 17	@utri007, Thats interesting. what sort of t. v do you have? make and model... I havent had a telly for years, and never had an lcd. :-)

21 September 2012, 23:56	#6
source Zone Friend Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 734	do a search for picasso II and LCD screens. If I remember correctly, there is a short created that will fry a component on the Picasso.

22 September 2012, 19:48	#7
Dijerydack Registered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: London Posts: 17	Yeah , I read about that. Need to take out a capacitor or something because of an earth problem.

22 September 2012, 20:47	#8
utri007 mä vaan Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 1,653	I've old samsung TV. Please note that scart cable that you have used with Philips, doesn't probably work with LCD-TV. You should you one of these http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...roducts_id=226 Or you could chect your cable with little help of Ian Stedman http://www.ianstedman.co.uk/Amiga/am...iga_scart.html Some LCD TVs doesn't have fully wired SCART connector and almost all have just one fully wired. To use second scart connector you would need this http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...roducts_id=211

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