[geeks] Sparc 5 to NTSC

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 09:01:50PM -0500, James Sharp wrote:
> > > Any suggestions on how to get a Sparc 5 to produce video that I could
> > > eventually feed into a NTSC video system?
> > >
> > > I'd like to feed the output from a graphical interface MP3 player into the
> > > TV, since the audio output is already fed into my stereo system.
> >
> > Hmm.  I think the ZX board might be able to do this.
> 
> Yes, it seems that a ZX will do what I need...now, the hard part...finding
> one and connecting it to the TV & seeing if NetBSD will play nice with it.

I remeber using leoconfig to make the ZX switch to video timings, then flipping
a switch to redirect the display to the video displays when I was using a ZX
for VR.  Leoconfig might run under netbsd...
 
> Hrm...or maybe one of those sbus boards that spits out a VGA compatible
> signal & then a VGA to NTSC converter...

But, will those VGAs go to a low enough resolution?

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Joshua D. Boyd