lagomorphonic
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I can't seem to find a single mention of this anywhere, though I've found dozens trying to go the other way. I'd like to gut my SE/30 and use it as a dummy terminal for a PIC24 based computer I'm building. By "gut" I mean I want to use only the case and display (if possible) from the SE/30 and completely remove the internal board. I'll be using "Geoff's VT100 ASCII Terminal" as the heart of it: https://geoffg.net/terminal.html. Basically, it will be a dummy terminal with the aforementioned ASCII Terminal hardware driving the SE/30 display and connected via serial to the PIC24 board. The version of the ASCII Terminal I'll be using has only a VGA output, not a composite. It's a terminal so will only be displaying text. Is it possible to input a VGA signal directly to the SE/30's CRT? Or if not, is it feasible to modify it to do so in a way that doesn't require the SE/30 main board? I also would rather not do anything irreversible to the SE/30 if possible.
Please don't suggest installing terminal software on the OS on the SE/30 and connecting to the PIC24 via RS232/serial connection "instead". I've done that before. That's not what I'm looking to do here.
Thanks!
Please don't suggest installing terminal software on the OS on the SE/30 and connecting to the PIC24 via RS232/serial connection "instead". I've done that before. That's not what I'm looking to do here.
Thanks!