Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Mark O'Shea" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Has anyone got a Linux Kit yet? Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 14:54:46 +0200 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <3d008745.831203347@www.netyaroze-europe.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p413-047.ppp.get2net.dk X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Are you talking about the "VGA box" made by Redant? It only produces a VGA signal by the line-doubling method, i.e it fills in the missing horizontal lines needed to get a 640x480 image by doubling some of the lines. I don't think it would cope with a VGA signal from the PS2 if that was what you meant. It also has a drawback as it gets its power from one of the memory card slots. The image it produces is also slightly blurry. Just a thought, maybe the XRGB-2 plus would be worth looking into. It is a true upscan converter and should give an exceptionally crisp VGA display(probably only for PAL/NTSC signals). However it clocks in at 249£ at www.madeiragames.com .Great for gaming, probably not for PS2Linux "Kenny Millar" wrote in message news:adshli$2r721@www.netyaroze-europe.com... > Yup I was one of them. > > I investigated 2 different chips which would do the job for a reasonble > cost, but to support 1024x768x60hz on either of them is pushing the chips to > the very limit - with poor quality picture and short-life as a result! > > There is a device on the market which sells for about £40 called "the VGA > Box" but I can't remember where I saw it or who sells it! It gives you a VGA > Compatiable output from a PS1 or PS2 > > -Kenny > > "Mark Dickman" wrote in message > news:3d008745.831203347@www.netyaroze-europe.com... > > There are a number of people who are looking at producing a SoG > > convertor. > > > > Mark > > > >