A Good Future for CRTs? Open Source Replacement of Electronics
Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 2:50 pm
Start here:
https://www.retrorgb.com/interview-with ... eator.html
I haven't found much discussion after that interview, but I am quite excited by this. So arcade owners or those of us with many CRTs need only to have a good glass tube and neck board and the rest can be brand new? Fantastic! I could even see something like this handy to convert a roadside consumer tv into an arcade monitor. All the more reason to SAVE CRTs wherever you can.
One question I have of CRTs in general is: What hardware actually determines if a screen is monochrome vs full color? Is it the electronics or also something in the tube? The same question for B&W tvs. I had just figured a tube is just glass and the 'magic' happened in the electronics. I have some gold, green and white monochromes I'd consider converting, some small B%Ws, terminal monitors, and early 90s VGAs. I wonder if this new hardware can swap between 15 and 31 khz. This project opened so many questions for me.
Even more exciting:
https://vimeo.com/user159036195
Wow- if ever there was something to have a transparent case for! Not just for the look but also to see when things go wrong. I REALLY like the idea of housing all the dangerous parts in the main box and having the fiddly adjustments in a separate and safe environment.
https://www.retrorgb.com/interview-with ... eator.html
I haven't found much discussion after that interview, but I am quite excited by this. So arcade owners or those of us with many CRTs need only to have a good glass tube and neck board and the rest can be brand new? Fantastic! I could even see something like this handy to convert a roadside consumer tv into an arcade monitor. All the more reason to SAVE CRTs wherever you can.
One question I have of CRTs in general is: What hardware actually determines if a screen is monochrome vs full color? Is it the electronics or also something in the tube? The same question for B&W tvs. I had just figured a tube is just glass and the 'magic' happened in the electronics. I have some gold, green and white monochromes I'd consider converting, some small B%Ws, terminal monitors, and early 90s VGAs. I wonder if this new hardware can swap between 15 and 31 khz. This project opened so many questions for me.
Even more exciting:
https://vimeo.com/user159036195
Wow- if ever there was something to have a transparent case for! Not just for the look but also to see when things go wrong. I REALLY like the idea of housing all the dangerous parts in the main box and having the fiddly adjustments in a separate and safe environment.