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Video out SE/30 to VGA or HDMI
Posted by: amedeo_68k on 2022-03-14 12:49:32
Hi, do you think it is possible to grab the board video out from a compact Mac and convert it to standard VGA ?
On J12 there are HSYNC/VSYNC/VIDEO. It should be possible to convert to VGA… I guess…
ideas ?
Thank you
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2022-03-14 13:13:12
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Posted by: rjkucia on 2022-03-15 06:45:08
Depending on your needs, you can use a RaSCSI to emulate a video adapter:
github.com

PowerView SuperView

PiSCSI allows a Raspberry Pi to function as emulated SCSI devices (hard disk, CD-ROM, and others) for vintage SCSI-based computers and devices. This is a fork of the RaSCSI project by GIMONS. - Pi...
github.com github.com
It's not built in to the main branch yet, and I haven't tried it, but it sounds like it should work
Posted by: BlueBoy on 2022-03-16 06:50:44
Adrian Black from Adrian’s Digital Basement on YouTube posted a video a while back on using a device called RGBtoHDMI to get video from a Mac Classic and convert it, believe it or not, to HDMI. It should work exactly the same for any B&W compact Mac if you tie into the correct signals.
Posted by: amedeo_68k on 2022-03-16 09:59:53
Cool, thank you
Posted by: nottomhanks on 2022-04-22 19:38:59
I have the Radius Pivot IIsi DB15-VGA-HDMI output going on. Works really well!!
Posted by: Megaheinz on 2022-10-31 11:56:05
Depending on your needs, you can use a RaSCSI to emulate a video adapter:
github.com

PowerView SuperView

PiSCSI allows a Raspberry Pi to function as emulated SCSI devices (hard disk, CD-ROM, and others) for vintage SCSI-based computers and devices. This is a fork of the RaSCSI project by GIMONS. - Pi...
github.com github.com
It's not built in to the main branch yet, and I haven't tried it, but it sounds like it should work

Did anybody got this working on a Macintosh se/30? When I try to install the drivers, it says no compatible hardware found. When I check with SCSI Probe, I can see the radius. But no chance for installing the drivers
Posted by: rjkucia on 2022-10-31 12:05:40
I still haven't tried it on mine - it sounds like it needs some reworking before they'll move it into the main branch, and I haven't bothered to switch branches to try it
Posted by: micheledipaola on 2022-11-01 00:04:28
Did anybody got this working on a Macintosh se/30? When I try to install the drivers, it says no compatible hardware found. When I check with SCSI Probe, I can see the radius. But no chance for installing the drivers
Is the Raspberry connected to an external screen when you start the powerview service there? I guess It should be... I made it to have it working yesterday - now I have a second screen in a corner / portion of an old HP 1600x1200 LCD. It doesnt seem to change size tough, even if I select portrait screen in the driver dialog, and it doesnt get to fullscreen.

On the other side, adding the powerview feature kills the web interface of rascsi and you can only configure it via SSH -so not sure if this is worth keeping yet, probably not ready enough.
Posted by: Megaheinz on 2022-11-01 00:29:45
Thanks, I could live without the web-ui, since I am a linux admin, I don't care using the terminal, did you do that on an SE/30? Which System version you are on? Which driver for the powerviev? Thanks in advance
Posted by: micheledipaola on 2022-11-01 00:39:44
Thanks, I could live without the web-ui, since I am a linux admin, I don't care using the terminal, did you do that on an SE/30? Which System version you are on? Which driver for the powerviev? Thanks in advance
Yes, SE/30 with Bolle accelerator 😎.
I tested it on a System 7.5.5 installation, using Powerview driver recommended on the GitHub page (It says control panel v. 1.01). Now I am planning to test it on 7.5.3 and maybe other flavors of System 7.x too.
Posted by: Megaheinz on 2022-11-01 00:58:37
Ok, let's see. I try it now on 7.1, since I have no luck with 7.5.5. I can see the GPU in all known SCSI monitoring tools, but all 3 drivers I find complain about no fitting hardware installed
Posted by: Megaheinz on 2022-11-01 01:23:53
Nope, still doesn't work. Now I. will reset my pi and try again
Posted by: micheledipaola on 2022-11-01 01:33:22
Nope, still doesn't work. Now I. will reset my pi and try again
Sorry I forgot! When you open the PowerView install, it will not recognize the card but if you go to Customize Install, you can handpick Powerview software and install it anyway - then it will work 🙂
Posted by: Megaheinz on 2022-11-01 01:56:35
I try now, let's see. Thanks
Posted by: Megaheinz on 2022-11-01 10:58:10
Do, no luck with my se 30, can't activate it, will probably try on one of my other machines
Posted by: micheledipaola on 2022-11-01 13:51:15
Sorry to hear... but anyway I went back to the main branch, I will give it a shot in a few months
Posted by: Megaheinz on 2022-11-02 02:18:38
Will do the same, will get an Apple Color Classic today or tomorrow. Enough Color for me ;-)
But thanks for your help
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