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Post #12 by Bunsen
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateSun, 17 Aug 2008 - 16:34
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/power-r-video-adapter.14485/
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I think the adapter takes the Compact Mac video signal and converts it to TTL, which it then adapts to EGA.
Why do you think this, when the manufacturer has told you specifically that it doesn't?

You both say it is not an EGA standard,
No we don't. The manufacturer's page that you linked says it isn't.

but if the purpose of the adapter circuitry is to generate the extra scan lines
Again, why would you think this, as opposed to wishing it?

Can the miniscule .4 difference between 21.8 and 22.3 kHz really make them entirely incompatible?
Who knows? First, find and catch your EGA monitor, then suck it and see.

why make an adapter that could only drive custom Mac displays, designed for just this adapter?
Because that was what the market was like at the time. Or at least Power R thought it was. You'll note that they're no longer in business.

Not everything that seems obvious to us looking back was obvious at the time. Even then, businesses and people can cling stubbornly to their own standards, while the rest of the industry standardises elsewhere. Look at Apple themselves, for example.

you'll notice the Color Classic adapter
is a completely different adapter from the one you have in your hand.
VGA to EGA cables
only connect a VGA card that can run in EGA emulation mode to an EGA monitor. They don't do any conversion themselves. They're just cables.
Sorry, wishing just isn't going to make it so. Ye canna change the laws o' physics, cap'n. They call these old beasts fixed frequency monitors for a reason.

That said, if you dig up an EGA monitor, give it a go. Don't forget though, you have two sync rates to consider, not just one.

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