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Thanks everyone! I actually managed to find one by chance on marktplaats, boxed new. Once I have it home I'll post picture here as well in case it might be useful if anyone would pursue building this.

NJRoadfan, We are probably saying more or less the same thing. "mixes the output of the video data frame buffer and the graphics data at the output stage" Yes. Although I say this is happening on the Valkyrie chip. I might be wrong, but I don't think so. Here is why I believe it is happening...

This is very likely the infamous 5XXX/6XXX specific issue. I *think* that issue is actually with the CPU itself, a hardware bug in how atomics are handled, and will cause the machine to crash in a particular situation when there is an atomic operation and the address is residing in L2 (or is not...

There is detailed information about L1 (as it is part of the CPU), i.e. N-Way (on 603 it is 2-way), cache policies, that it is LRU, what bits from physical address are the tag, and what bits in the EA/PA are the index, etc. As L2 is not part of the CPU, information about it is unlikely to be...

Where does that overlay function reside if not on the Valkyrie chip?

That's interesting! I had not researched this aspect very much as my main goal was to figure out if I could use the Valkyrie for upscaling what I am drawing in a 320x240x16. That makes sense. Although I don't recall feeling it was "less resolution" on e.g. SNES plugged into my 5200 vs SNES...

I presume the following is what happens: - video card writes to the back-buffer (a) - system software gets a hint that the video card is done and tells Valkyrie to change current back buffer (from a to b) - video card starts write to back buffer (b) whatever is in the completed buffer is what...

So I actually have a quite deep understanding of this now. Thanks to the references and comments in here. I'll share it and hopefully it will help others that might be curious and need a summary rather than the code/technical references: The video card takes the analog signal and converts it to...

Thanks! Do you know if these are considered rare? I would prefer to wait and see if I can get one within EU to avoid the customs processing fees, but might just need to bite the bullet.

Thanks! I suppose the opposite would work as well? Put a 630 series in a 5200?

Thanks nixontheknight for confirming! Are those the only ones?

I have a 5200, I'm thinking of getting a 68k desktop (not all-in-one), and if it was compatible with the 5200 logic board I could swap that board in for video capturing the 5200 (without having to buy the external monitor cable and get a 68k as a bonus). But I am not sure which 68k desktops can...

I want to record the screen from my Macintosh Performa 5200. For that I need the mirror-cable. I've been able to video capture my PowerBook 5300 with a chain of PB5300 -> MacDB -> VGA -> HDMI -> USB HDMI Capture Card -> MacBook Air, and planning to do the same (maybe there are better ways?). I...

NJRoadFan/Arbee great! "6100/7100/7100 AV cards, using Quadra 660/840AV video circuitry + PPC to '040 bus translator'" What video circuitry did this have? Did it include the DSP that the Quadra had? (found some info on that chip, attaching). I suppose the NuBus X100 AV machines could view...

zefrenchtoon: wow, very nice document, thanks!! Wish we had such documents for all chips :D I'm wondering about the other low-end PPC models, like 6100/7100/8100 (with "AMIC" chip) that seemingly also could come with AV? or have a video card bought. Did the AMIC chip handle upscaling? (would...

zefrenchtoon, I read that actually as well yesterday (but in 5200 dev notes). It is however nowhere near the level of detail needed to write an implementation. I presume that Bungie might have had help directly from Apple. Otherwise it is really kudos to them figuring out that valkyrie's...

It is pretty cool. I got it to work nicely on the 5200 :D page flipping and 2x upscaling. treellama, I'll definitely make a video capture of the demo (eta August), and maybe one day I'll target 68k for a demo. joevt, that is interesting does it feel slower when using the video? (even if it is...

LaPorta, excellent!! So there we have it. This also explains the various limitations on depths and resolutions while using Apple Video (with 1MB vram constraint there must be enough space for the video-in to write to 320x240). If one watches in 640x480 then valkyrie does the upscaling of the...

treellama! wow thanks this is *amazing* :D #define videoBuffer0 0x0 #define videoBuffer1 0x40 #define windowActive 0x20 #define pixelDouble 0x2 #define VALKYRIEVideoInControlRegister (*((volatile byte*)0x50f2a020)) ... VALKYRIEVideoInControlRegister= videoBuffer0|windowActive|pixelDouble; I...

I'm making a demo (demoscene) for my beloved 5200. It is not the fastest machine and there is no 320x240 mode, so one must upscale in software which steals quite a bit of cycles. The Apple TV Tuner Card is 320x240 and it up-scales to 640x480 (in hardware, I'm quite sure). Perhaps there is...