Circuits for driving fixed frequency monitors

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Posted by EmuMannen on 12, 2000 at 12:49 PM:

In Reply to: Approaches to Using Fixed Frequency or Non-Standard Monitors on PCs posted by EmuMannen on 12, 2000 at 12:36 PM:

A general PC video hardvare FAQ s found at:

http://www.lmn.pub.ro/~byte/vidfaq/videofaq.html

And it has a link to a description of "Circuits for driving fixed frequency monitors" (sounds fun to me but I don't know if it is useful).

The link to the circuits is:

http://www.lmn.pub.ro/~byte/vidfaq/fixed.frequency.html

: Follow the link below:

: http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_ffmon.html

: : : A fixed frequency monitor requires a fixed frequency video card.
: : : http://www.si87.com/
: : : http://www.mirage-mmc.com
: : : Those are two companies that make these. I have heard of people setting up normal video cards (matrox milliniums) at the right frequency in windows to one specific resolution, but everything will look wacky in dos mode. I have never had any luck using fixed frequency monitors on anything but fixed frequency cards.

: : I agree, most fixed frequency monitors are not made to work at low resolutions.
: : You will likely have trouble getting it to sync full screen at less than 640x480 w/o extra hardware.

Circuits for Fixed Frequency Monitors

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: A general PC video hardvare FAQ s found at: : http://www.lmn.pub.ro/~byte/vidfaq/videofaq.html : And it has a link to a description of "Circuits for driving fixed frequency monitors" (sounds fun to me but I don't know if it is useful). : The link to the circuits is: : http://www.lmn.pub.ro/~byte/vidfaq/fixed.frequency.html : : Follow the link below: : : http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_ffmon.html : : : : A fixed frequency monitor requires a fixed frequency video card. : : : : http://www.si87.com/ : : : : http://www.mirage-mmc.com : : : : Those are two companies that make these. I have heard of people setting up normal video cards (matrox milliniums) at the right frequency in windows to one specific resolution, but everything will look wacky in dos mode. I have never had any luck using fixed frequency monitors on anything but fixed frequency cards. : : : I agree, most fixed frequency monitors are not made to work at low resolutions. : : : You will likely have trouble getting it to sync full screen at less than 640x480 w/o extra hardware.

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