Will this work?

[OldAtarian]

I have this

 

http://www.coolnovelties.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=10&products_id=232&osCsid=hvthe7gafv2pdn3momf3aanv86

 

Atari SCART cable

 

One of these

 

http://www.cables2u.co.uk/scart-lead-coupler-joiner-p-95.html

 

SCART coupler

 

and one of these

 

http://www.easytouch.pl/EN/products/function.require/p30374/scart_-_3x_chinch___s-video_adapter_et-9088/

 

SCART RCA/S-video adapter

 

Will it work?

Edited October 16, 2010 by OldAtarian

[Rybags]

If you're wanting to run on a TV with SCART that does RGB then yes.

 

If you're wanting to get the composite signal from the ST then I believe it will only work with models that have an RF modulator.

 

Also, you can't get S-Video from a normal ST - the Colour/Luma aren't present on the monitor port.

 

http://pinouts.ru/Video/AtariStMonitor_pinout.shtml

[OldAtarian]

If you're wanting to run on a TV with SCART that does RGB then yes.

 

If you're wanting to get the composite signal from the ST then I believe it will only work with models that have an RF modulator.

 

Also, you can't get S-Video from a normal ST - the Colour/Luma aren't present on the monitor port.

 

http://pinouts.ru/Video/AtariStMonitor_pinout.shtml

 

How about a Falcon? I also have a Falcon SCART cable.

[Rybags]

Should be fine I'd think... aren't TT and Falcon VGA type modes interlaced? In that case they're fine on a normal TV.

 

Of course, most TVs have pretty poor resolution compared to a monitor, so 80 column text won't be as readable as on a monitor.

[OldAtarian]

Should be fine I'd think... aren't TT and Falcon VGA type modes interlaced? In that case they're fine on a normal TV.

 

Of course, most TVs have pretty poor resolution compared to a monitor, so 80 column text won't be as readable as on a monitor.

 

Not even on an LCD TV?

[Rybags]

LCD should be a bit better, but the problem with LCDs running analog inputs is that the pixels don't map 1:1.

 

The best display is by DVI/HDMI, which of course no old computer can supply.

 

The hires on ST is effectively something like 900 pixels on a 4:3 monitor, so if your LCD has a decent resolution above that, it should look at least reasonable.

[Shredder11]

I have the same kind of setup with my STE (which has the internal modulator of course) and I combined the SCART coupler and adapter with one item, which you can get from cpc.co.uk for about £2

[OldAtarian]

I have the same kind of setup with my STE (which has the internal modulator of course) and I combined the SCART coupler and adapter with one item, which you can get from cpc.co.uk for about £2

 

Which item is that?

[Shredder11]

The SCART coupler adapter costs £2.01 from here:

 

CPC.co.uk - SCART Coupler Adapter + S-Video

 

 

 

I just set the switch to INPUT and then plug the Atart ST 13-pin DIN to SCART cable in the adapter SCART socket. From this I run a S-Video cable into a Supera Color HD video convertor box and from that into any CRT or LCD TFT computer monitor. I also use a colour / mono switch box which turn up on Ebay occasionally, which plugs into the Atari ST monitor port.

 

For more details on how I did all of this, check out the thread URL below on Atari-Forum.com:

 

How to get the ST/E colour and mono modes working on any computer monitor

[OldAtarian]

The SCART coupler adapter costs £2.01 from here:

 

CPC.co.uk - SCART Coupler Adapter + S-Video

 

 

 

I just set the switch to INPUT and then plug the Atart ST 13-pin DIN to SCART cable in the adapter SCART socket. From this I run a S-Video cable into a Supera Color HD video convertor box and from that into any CRT or LCD TFT computer monitor. I also use a colour / mono switch box which turn up on Ebay occasionally, which plugs into the Atari ST monitor port.

 

For more details on how I did all of this, check out the thread URL below on Atari-Forum.com:

 

How to get the ST/E colour and mono modes working on any computer monitor

 

Then that's similar to the adapter I have. I was a bit worried at first about the SCART cable because we don't use SCART here, but once the adapter is on it seems to work. I managed to get my Falcon displaying on one of my old RGB monitors, but of course the monitor doesn't have the resolution to handle what the Falcon is capable of, so it is a workable idea if one can find a TV/monitor capable of displaying sufficiently high resolution through composite or S-video connectors.

Edited October 21, 2010 by OldAtarian

[Shredder11]

Ahhh yes I am forgetting the USA nature of this forum, so yes no SCART where you are. Mind you the whole connection from ST out to the monitor itself is only composite, plus the Supera Color HD converts this into a VGA compatible signal. I assume your ST is a USA NTSC model? The Supera box handles NTSC and PAL input sources.

[OldAtarian]

Ahhh yes I am forgetting the USA nature of this forum, so yes no SCART where you are. Mind you the whole connection from ST out to the monitor itself is only composite, plus the Supera Color HD converts this into a VGA compatible signal. I assume your ST is a USA NTSC model? The Supera box handles NTSC and PAL input sources.

 

 

Yeah, USA here. I first saw the ST and Falcon cables with the SCART connector on the end and it got me to wondering if there was a way to adapt SCART to some other standard and that's when I found the composite/S-Video adapter. I would like to try to find something better, though, because composite and S-video really aren't very sharp compared to later standards. It would be awesome if I could find a SCART-DVI adapter of some kind that didn't cost a fortune. I did find this

 

http://www.computercablestore.com/SCART_to_DVI_Adapter_PID9214.aspx

 

 

but I'm not paying $47.50 for it.

Edited October 22, 2010 by OldAtarian