Devin Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 (edited) I need some quick advice on hooking up an old Pong console. I'm an a teacher for a introduction to computer science course. We cover an array of topics - including video game history. So, we get to talk about the Pong Revolution, the Atari 2600, Pac-mania, etc... To give students some hands-on experience with computer history - and appreciate how fun a simple system can be - I put together a Pong Tournament using an old Super Pong IV. Traditionally, I have hooked my pong console into a VCR to convert the RF to RCA. The RCA was hooked into the wall panel or directly to the projector. However, they recently upgraded to a projector that only contains a S-Video and HDMI ports. What would be the best way to hook up the system? The wall contains a VGA port - used for hooking up laptops - so that is an option as well. Is there an RF to VGA converter? Or RF to HDMI? Edited February 25, 2013 by Devin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland p Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Just connect RCA to the luminance of the s-video connector? The downside is that you don't have color. but pong is b/w anyway? Edit: This is will do the job: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 180448978268 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 Just connect RCA to the luminance of the s-video connector? The downside is that you don't have color. but pong is b/w anyway? Edit: This is will do the job: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 180448978268 I think that will do the job. How hard would it be to convert composite to VGA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland p Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 VGA Is more difficult, You'll need some kind of RCA to VGA converter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakegio77 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 VGA Is more difficult, You'll need some kind of RCA to VGA converter. I have recently discovered a solution. I have no affiliation with the seller of this item. I just bought this thing for my Nintendo Color TV Game 6 and it works fine. It's an external analog tuner box with a coaxial input and vga output. it feels cheaply made but it does the job. eBay Auction -- Item Number: 261091307450 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Very interesting item, I may need to pick one of these up and try it out. Curious how well it works with an Atari 2600 that has composite or s-video output (looks like this device will accept both) when connected to an LCD display. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatta Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 How's the lag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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