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A2DVI: Apple II Digital Video Card

Submitted by MacFly on July 11, 2024 - 3:28pm

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Video cards for the Apple II based on the PICO microcontroller are popular for a while now. They are cheap, consume very little power, and fit on a simple Apple II slot card. And they connect Apple IIs to modern displays. However, digital displays have conquered the world: their analog predecessors long since became retro devices themselves. Nowadays even analog VGA inputs are becoming rare. Which leads to the question: couldn't we make a PICO-based graphics card for the Apple II with a digital output instead? Use HDMI to replace the VGA connector? No more analog signal conversion required?

Spoiler: yes, we can! :)

Tags: 
#apple2 #retro #hdmi

Enterprise_B

Submitted by doug-doug the mighty on July 5, 2024 - 11:19pm

Type : Early 2004 iBook G4 14” (PowerBook6,5)

Processor : 1.2 GHz PPC 7447a (G4)

OS : 10.5.9 (Sorbet)

RAM : 1.25 GB DDR SDRAM

Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon 9200

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