I was fiddling for a while with my Apple //e and have finally reached what I call perfection: perfect scanlines! Not a big deal but makes me really happy to have the original look and feel on my 47” LCD TV. The setup is now complete, and I am a single switch away to powerup the //e and play! To illustrate my claim, I attached a few pictures from Conan: Hall of Volta and Old Ironsides. I have one more tweak to perform on my Apple //e: replace the 80-column card and increase the RAM. That’s for next week.
What’s the secret recipe?
What’s the secret recipe?
Norbert Landsteiner The fiddling started with the built-in composite video output processed by an XRGB 3 upscaller. The result was really sub optimal, and adding the scanlines was making an awful blur. Without the scanlines it was ok after long options tweaking sessions (it really helps to upgrade the XRGB 3 Japanese firmware to English ;-)). Then, I decided to change my approach and upgraded the Apple // with a VGA card (including the scanline generator – and removing the XRGB 3 from the path). Last, I reduced the length of the video cable and – although less practical – I also removed the splitter. Et voilà! Although the XRGB 3 disappointed me with the Apple video signal, it does a really good job for example with my Atari (800, 400, 130XE). I am lucky, I had the option for the Apple. Next attempt will be with my MSX2…
Norbert Landsteiner The fiddling started with the built-in composite video output processed by an XRGB 3 upscaller. The result was really sub optimal, and adding the scanlines was making an awful blur. Without the scanlines it was ok after long options tweaking sessions (it really helps to upgrade the XRGB 3 Japanese firmware to English ;-)). Then, I decided to change my approach and upgraded the Apple // with a VGA card (including the scanline generator – and removing the XRGB 3 from the path). Last, I reduced the length of the video cable and – although less practical – I also removed the splitter. Et voilà! Although the XRGB 3 disappointed me with the Apple video signal, it does a really good job for example with my Atari (800, 400, 130XE). I am lucky, I had the option for the Apple. Next attempt will be with my MSX2…
Interesting that these are (still) not general solutions. However, your Apple II solution looks great! Please keep reporting on the various systems…
Interesting that these are (still) not general solutions. However, your Apple II solution looks great! Please keep reporting on the various systems…
Norbert Landsteiner thank you for the encouragements. I will sure continue To share 🙂
Norbert Landsteiner thank you for the encouragements. I will sure continue To share 🙂