From what I can tell, nobody is publicly working on an alternative so I'm really unsure where you read that "lot of people are working on this right now". Seemingly, nobody is. The issue is that it's not as simple as one would think: Even if the LIBRARIES could be recompiled and ultimately...
Yes, well from what I could find last fall, it seems like Banana Pi is too slow (or perhaps it's just the current state of the code that's not optimized enough for that platform) so they ditched the idea? I don't know. Does anybody know what the state of Banana Pi support is? Or Orange Pi? Or...
I will have to agree on that. We need PiSCSI to work with Pi alternatives. I mean WTF am I looking at on AliExpress? This used to cost 10$ three years ago! It's almost retro technology by now, the prices are jacked up as F.
Alright, one more update. I have tried using another LCD monitor (Samsung SyncMaster 941bw). Lo and behold, it actually works, almost like magic! I've got 640x480 at 256 colors depth, no glitches, no refresh bars, smooth as silk. :)
In the manual online, I can see those supported frequencies...
I found the manual for my IBM ThinkVision L171 monitor: http://ps-2.kev009.com/pccbbs/options/l151ab6en.pdf#page=17
Those are its V/H frequencies:
30 - 63 kHz horizontal frequency
56 - 76 Hz vertical frequency
I suspect the issue is that the supported horizontal frequency range is just a tad...
Hi all! Happy new year. I'm new to this forum. I just acquired a Macintosh IIci loaded with a copious 8MB of RAM. It only has onboard video and it didn't come with a monitor so I'm trying to hook it up to a 4:3 IBM ThinkVision (L171) using a Griffin PnP adapter (which both work great when...