Hi all
Does anyone know of a clever video "upscaler" which converts very low res
(i.e. text) VGA to HDMI. I have a lot of still working old kit which is
outputting VGA. The trouble is the BIOS screen (these are nigh on 10 years
old machines) is not UEFI, it's still text mode VGA. I have tried various
HDMI solutions (including going VGA to SCART and SCART to HDMI - which works
fine on a BBC Micro btw!) but none of my HDMI monitors can handle this.
They can handle things fine when these old machines get into a graphics mode
- but on a text mode like the BIOS (or running Ubuntu server) - no dice.
Of course, given it's old hardware, it's quite often the BIOS that needs
checking for CMOS battery, RAM failure etc.
At present, I have a nasty hack where I send the output of a given old
machine to a mechanical KVM which switches the video output between a 14"
monitor that can handle these text modes and a monitor with VGA to HDMI
conversion (which handles anything over 640x480 fine but can't handle lo-res
text modes). So when it boots to lo-res mode, I use the 14" monitor and
the moment it switches to a graphics mode - I flick the KVM over to a (VGA
converted to HDMI) modern monitor.
Any ideas anyone? FWIW the upscaler I've tried is [1]
Cheers
Rob
[1]
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SCART-HDMI-to-HDMI-720P-1080P-HD-Video-Converter-
Adapter-UK-Plug-For-DVD-STB/183573964461?_trkparms=aid%3D555017%26algo%3DPL.
CASSINI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20170912102056%26meid%3D22a8ffe8c8e94938b3e80082bdf
22309%26pid%3D100753%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26%26itm%3D183573964461&_trksid=p204
5573.c100753.m4841
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