Poll for current users of the F18A VGA video enhancement board.

Omega-TI · July 30, 2017

This poll is trying to see which direction things are heading with current display tech and peoples systems.

PeBo · July 30, 2017

I use an HP vs17x flat panel. I like it because it is a perfect silver-colour match for the PEB, has a 4x3 display and built in speakers.

Although I really only got it to be able to use an LCD monitor, I will admit to having grown spoiled by the clarity of text display, an end to the annoying 3 sprites-per-scanline limitation, and sure would miss the few games that make use of it - both those that are enhanced and those that are specifically built around it.

Biggest epiphany was discovering that the star-field in Parsec really does "sparkle" by design...I always thought it was just the result of CRT artifacting.

ti99iuc · July 30, 2017

I Use F18A in a FLAT LCD 23" TV/Monitor that has more connections. So i Use Digital RF for TV, SCART for the Amiga1200/MSX, HDMI for PC and VGA for F18A.
VGA is the best way for me also thinking to the expositions around my country. VGA monitors has a very good quality and Monitors are very easy to find and very cheaper.

At least could be good to just have possibility to choice among HDMI/VGA, if HDMI is really needed.

Sinphaltimus · July 30, 2017

I have 4 screens connected to my PC - one of which is an LCD TV with 3 HDMI inputs, one VGA, one Composite a/v and one component BNC.

With the goal of having all of my systems at my main PC I have:
PC via HDMI and KVM (for shared KB/Mouse), TI-99/4a via HDMI and KVM (for shared KB), Amiga500 via HDMI RTG and Composite RGB at the moment (a new core coming will make it 100% HDMI RTG)

A windows 98 computer (WIP) via VGA. This leaves Component and Composite open after Amiga core upgrade.

Windows 98 computer will go through KVM as well.

Amiga is stuck ogg KVM at the moment but with a wireless KB and USB mouse on extension cable.

So in the end, when all is said and done - 3 old computers and a modern PC connected to a shared display (PC has 3 more screens for itself) and two keyboards and 2 mouses for all computers to be operated from a single seat.

My next major project is moving the A500 in to an ATX tower to consolidate over-all footprint.

So with the prospect of have the W98 machine take up a VGA port, I had to get the TI off vga and on to hdmi.