My summer project: A colour Stacy

[Darklord]

@DarkLord Screen looks great(I like this blue background), have you tried running some games demos on it? How this screen behaves? Is there possibility to turn on mono?

I did run a few games last night and they all worked fine that I tried. Dungeon Master, Bards' Tale, etc.

Mind you, these were all the "adapted" games from sources like P.Pera, Dbug and Klaz.

Not tried any of the "Euro" style demo's yet. I'll try some of those later today.

For all intents and purposes that I've thrown at it thus far, it behaves just like the screen on the SC1224,
albeit *much* improved.

I've not worked with mono yet, but my understanding is I just need to add a switch connecting a point on
the external monitor port and ground? and it's supposed to set it to mono then. You can scroll back through
this message thread - Derkom posted about that earlier. He also has a video of a demo running just a few
pages back from here.

Another really interesting thing is, the STacy's external color monitor port is *not* disabled by this mod.

So yeah - you can have 2 screens going at once. Last night I had the screen on the STacy working along
with an identical screen on my SC1224 beside of it. That means, in theory at least, you could put one
of those UBE style VGA adapters on the external monitor port and feed it to that popular Dell 27"
monitor, all while using the screen on the STacy. I'm thinking some industrious soul could use this at
an Atari show? How about 4 player Gauntlet 2 on a Dell 27" monitor at a show table for the crowd? :)

[Darklord]

BTW, here's a picture of both monitors, the internal LCD replacement screen,
and the SC1224 via the STacy's external monitor port, in action simultaneously:

STacy-2 Monitors.JPG

[Cyprian]

Stacy with a new LCD sounds awesome.
Are you going to close the Stacy case?

[Darklord]

Stacy with a new LCD sounds awesome.
Are you going to close the Stacy case?

Of course. :)

I'm still considering a few other mods before I close it back up again.

RSVE serial port mod, audio mod, etc,... I wanted to put a 1.44 HD floppy mod back
in there (I had one before, but it began to malfunction) but I just don't think that
there's going to be enough room this time.

[Darklord]

So I'd like to also have Hi-res (mono) on my STacy with the RGB2HDMI mod,
but I'm unsure as to how to enable that.

In the dim recesses of my mind it seems like I recall someone saying that
a switch has to be made, taking it to ground?

Would that be the #4 position on the external monitor port?

Thanks all.

STacy External Monitor Port (inside view)2.jpg

Capture d’écran du 2024-06-06 20-55-02.png

[sporniket]

yes, that's it.

[Darklord]

yes, that's it.

Thanks! :)

[Darklord]

So I've not seen a post from Derkom in quite some time.

Hoping everything is okay? Thanks...

[Darklord]

*BUMP*... :roll:

[exxos]

*BUMP*... :roll:

He is still around :) Just life in general tends to get in everyone's way now and then :)