Re: #1, 2, 3 stock QL updates recommended for a Newbie
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:58 pm
Dave wrote:I want them to be solid for the next 35 years.
RIP Sir Clive Sinclair 1940 - 2021
https://qlforum.co.uk/
Dave wrote:I want them to be solid for the next 35 years.
I have one of those. I use it with a few different systems - it works well as a universal converter. I did design a S-Video card that fits in the QL that is definitely better and works with everything that has an S-Video input. It's almost to where I'd ship it, but it's just not quite there yet. I really need to get some time to get in there and finish it. It would be useful to a lot of people.Cristian wrote:The following is the cheapest. The quality is decent, but not excellent. Needs some settings and configs, but it works. I've been using one for years.SinclairSociety wrote: And on the opposite spectrum, what is the best lower price options for this... if you know of any.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12&hilit=8220
Dave wrote:I'm providing TJ's QL system. I've picked a nice top and bottom case with really light wear, and a US.3 board to go inside it. Right now I am waiting on a couple of packages to arrive so I can properly recap both the QL and the power supply. I want them to be solid for the next 35 years.Cristian wrote:Case A - light wallet:
1) RGB to SCART cable;
2) a disk interface adding Toolkit2 and some extra RAM, e.g. (cloned)TrumpCard, Qubide etc.
3) ROM update, JS at least
He's in the US, so the SCART lead would be... lonely! When I get close to shipping I'll find out what monitor he likes and see if I can make up a cable for that monitor.
I'll be replacing the JSU ROMs with Minerva. There's nothing wrong with the JSU ROMs, but if you choose TV mode they switch to NTSC output, with differently scaled fonts that break a lot of software. Minerva won't do that. I can't think of a single use case for NTSC.
A disk interface like the Trump Card is an excellent choice - and TJ does have a lot of floppies around the place.
Ah, it has composite video input. There is a color and monochrome composite video output on the QL's RGB port. My S-Video card does as a side effect do *very* nice color composite video - far superior to the inbuilt version. I really should put in the effort to get that finished.SinclairSociety wrote:TCL 43" 43S515
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/tcl-43-cla ... Id=6202780
Dave wrote:Ah, it has composite video input. There is a color and monochrome composite video output on the QL's RGB port. My S-Video card does as a side effect do *very* nice color composite video - far superior to the inbuilt version. I really should put in the effort to get that finished.SinclairSociety wrote:TCL 43" 43S515
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/tcl-43-cla ... Id=6202780
Dave wrote:Those patterns on the screen are only in the drawn area and not in the border - they're artifacts of internal noise from the Spectrum impinging on the video signal. The same thing happens a lot on the C64, too. If the Spectrum signals causing the interference can be identified, a Spectrum equivalent of the "LumaFix" could be made to completely tune out that noise.
I have the OSSC and just ordered JS Technologies RGB -> Scart to VGA converter with QL firmware. I will test both and post pics so you can judge for yourselfAndrew wrote:probably OSSC - but it is expensive
https://www.videogameperfection.com/pro ... converter/