20 November 2006, 19:34 | #1 |
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Can I use this for AGA/RTG switching?
Will one of these work ok for RTG/AGA switching? It costs about £10 shipped from ebay. Ignore the keyboard mouse connectors. It switches the vga port using a button on top of it. Its £40 cheaper than the one from amigakit although a bit more messy. |
20 November 2006, 20:40 | #2 |
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Yes. It's a bit overkill since you won't be using the ps2 ports, but it'll work just fine.
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20 November 2006, 21:01 | #3 |
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Might buy one, paint it beige and attach it to my tower somehow so it doesnt look such a mess.
Seems to be the cheapest option so far. Will video be reduced quality due to it being a cheap product? |
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Probably the image quality will suffer somewhat. Use the best (thickest) VGA cables you have.
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20 November 2006, 21:34 | #5 |
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SVGA-VGA-Switc...QQcmdZViewItem
I use one of these. All works well and doesnt look too bad either.... |
20 November 2006, 22:03 | #6 |
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How big and heavy is that switcher? ^
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20 November 2006, 22:06 | #7 |
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my switcher about is 12cm deep 20cm long and 6cm high weighs about 300g approx.
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21 November 2006, 00:04 | #9 |
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Oooh nearly forgot: many KVMs are powered from the PS/2 ports and won't work unless connected to a computer's PS/2 output. It might be powered via the VGA leads or there might be an option for an external power supply. Check it out before buying.
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21 November 2006, 01:06 | #10 |
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I have the same switcher as DDNI, but I use it to switch between Amiga and PC.
Unfortunately in my case I have found that there is ghosting on the PC side, when using that switcher. It is not severe, but it is noticeable. |
21 November 2006, 07:19 | #11 |
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WARNING!
I had the exact same switch , it does NOT sync to 50hz! so PAL screens DO NOT WORK! also it can be powered externally.... Last edited by keropi; 21 November 2006 at 08:11. |
21 November 2006, 09:21 | #12 |
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The purple one or the one DDNI showed us?
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21 November 2006, 09:51 | #13 |
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the purple ofcourse!
DDNI says his work OK... |
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It can be helped a little by shortening the wires or replacing the rgb + sync signals with shielded wires.. However it's quite tedious work and usually all the wires are the same colour inside, so you need to be careful. Last edited by Jope; 21 November 2006 at 10:11. |
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no, no OSD whatsoever... it has a 9V power input, needs it to work... and when displaying PAL screenmode, it just stays inactive or something... I got it for aga/rtg switching too, around a yeat ago, and did not work so I donated to a friend to use it on pc's... You can order a MULTIMEDIA & DESIGN monitor switch from their web-site, and if u use CGX u can even turn it automatic! look HERE!!!
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21 November 2006, 12:44 | #16 |
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I use a spectrum 28/24 using pic96
It says it has automatic monitor switching according to amiga hardware cx. Is this true and could I get it to auto-switch between it and the scandoubler? |
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if it has 2 vga ports on the back then YES.
just feed the scandoubler output to the card's input... |
21 November 2006, 13:09 | #18 |
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Oh right. Yes it does have an inout and output on it.
So I just have a vga cable going from my SD to input Then a vga cable form output to monitor So no need for a KVM then? Last edited by Smiley; 21 November 2006 at 13:14. |
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that's right, no KVM needed.
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